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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 837643, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/837643
Research Article

Design of a Compact MIMO Antenna Using Coupled Feed for LTE Mobile Applications

Xing Zhao, Youngki Lee, and Jaehoon Choi

Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea

Received 10 September 2012; Revised 31 December 2012; Accepted 1 January 2013

Academic Editor: Hon Tat Hui

Copyright © 2013 Xing Zhao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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