An <italic>LC</italic> Decoupling Network for Two Antennas Working at Low Frequencies

Abstract

This paper presents an LC low-pass π network to decouple a pair of coupled antennas working at low frequencies. Comparing with existing decoupling techniques, the proposed decoupling network provides a wideband but compact decoupling solution. Moreover, a generalized one-fit-all scheme is justified to implement the decoupling network with an antenna independent core network. By adjusting a few external components, the same core network can be applied to a collection of antenna pairs with different coupling levels and antenna form factors. Four design examples are given to demonstrate the unique features of the proposed network for low-frequency applications. In all cases, the decoupling network significantly improves the isolation between two antennas over a wide frequency band while the intrinsic matching bandwidth of the antennas is maintained.