A 10-Ports MIMO Antenna System for 5G Smart-Phone Applications

Rizwan Ullah; Sadiq Ullah; Raza Ullah; Farooq Faisal; Ismail Ben Mabrouk; Muath Jodei Al Hasan

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3042750

IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

A 10-Ports MIMO Antenna System for 5G Smart-Phone Applications

Rizwan Ullah,
Sadiq Ullah,
Raza Ullah,
Farooq Faisal,
Ismail Ben Mabrouk,
Muath Jodei Al Hasan

Affiliations

Rizwan Ullah: ORCiD; Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Mardan, Pakistan
Sadiq Ullah: ORCiD; Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Mardan, Pakistan
Raza Ullah: Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Mardan, Pakistan
Farooq Faisal: ORCiD; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Quebec in Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Val-d’Or, QC, Canada
Ismail Ben Mabrouk: ORCiD; Department of Electrical Engineering, Al Ain University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Muath Jodei Al Hasan: ORCiD; Department of Electrical Engineering, Al Ain University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3042750
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 218477 – 218488

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This paper presents a 10-ports, hybrid multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system for 5G Smartphone applications. The proposed antenna system comprises two types of antenna modules: (1) multi-band module consists of two identical multiband antenna elements, each antenna element in this module covers the 2G bands (GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz), 3G band (UMTS 2100 MHz) and 4G bands (LTE 2300/2500), and (2) single-band module consists of eight identical L shape elements, each antenna element in this module covers the C-band (3400-3600 MHz) for 5G mobile application. The overall dimensions of the proposed antenna system are 150 × 80 mm2. The proposed antenna system is fabricated and tested. Experimental results show reflection coefficients better than -6 dB and -10 dB for multi-band and single-band modules, respectively, with high isolation levels between the antenna elements in both modules. Moreover, the measured envelop correlation coefficients (ECC) is well below 0.3 and 0.1 for the proposed multi-band and single-bands modules, respectively. In addition, single antenna elements in both modules show good radiation characteristics with maximum peak gain between 2 dBi and 4 dBi. Finally, 43 bps/Hz channel capacity is achieved in the single-band module. With these characteristics, the proposed antenna system can be a good candidate in the modern mobile communication systems.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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