Abstract: The antenna configuration disclosed herein can be used in a mobile telecommunications device to provide three-dimensional, orthogonal polarization. The antenna configuration comprises a half mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) antenna, a first thick-slot antenna and a second thick-slot antenna. The HMSIW antenna comprises two parallel conductive plates separated by a dielectric. The HMSIW antenna has a substantially rectangular shape comprising a first edge, a second edge substantially perpendicular to the first edge and connected to the first edge by a first corner, a third edge opposing and substantially parallel to the first edge and connected to the second edge by a second corner, and a fourth edge opposing and substantially parallel to the second edge and connected to the first edge by a third corner and to the third edge by a fourth corner. The first and second edges are open for radiation.

Abstract: The antenna configuration disclosed herein can be used in a mobile telecommunications device to provide three-dimensional, orthogonal polarisation. The antenna configuration comprises a half mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) antenna, a first thick-slot antenna and a second thick-slot antenna. The HMSIW antenna comprises two parallel conductive plates separated by a dielectric. The HMSIW antenna has a substantially rectangular shape comprising a first edge, a second edge substantially perpendicular to the first edge and connected to the first edge by a first corner, a third edge opposing and substantially parallel to the first edge and connected to the second edge by a second corner, and a fourth edge opposing and substantially parallel to the second edge and connected to the first edge by a third corner and to the third edge by a fourth corner. The first and second edges are open for radiation.