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    <abstract>Nowadays multiple antennas are very popular. However embedding many antennas closely in a compact printed circuit board will raise the issue of mutual coupling between them, which will decrease their performance.

The research described in this thesis, concerns enhancing the isolation in a dual port antenna. The general approach is to design a four-port feed network to be connected to the antenna to fulfil this task. The sample antenna that the approaches were applied to is an already designed by a member of Antenna and Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory.

The feed-network that has been designed consists of a coupler and a phase shifter. Different kinds of couplers have been designed and implemented. The simulation and measurement results are compared and the conclusions are drawn.</abstract>
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The intellectual property rights of the author or third parties in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation.  Any use made of information contained in this thesis/dissertation must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged.
Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the permission of the copyright holder.</copyright_status>
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