A Close Proximity 2-Element MIMO Antenna Using Optically Transparent Wired-Metal Mesh and Polyethylene Terephthalate Material

Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi; Abdul Aziz; Khaled A. Aljaloud; Abdul Rehman Chishti; Yosef T. Aladadi; Rifaqat Hussain

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3298568

IEEE Access (Jan 2023)

A Close Proximity 2-Element MIMO Antenna Using Optically Transparent Wired-Metal Mesh and Polyethylene Terephthalate Material

Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi,
Abdul Aziz,
Khaled A. Aljaloud,
Abdul Rehman Chishti,
Yosef T. Aladadi,
Rifaqat Hussain

Affiliations

Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi: ORCiD; Faculty of Engineering and Technology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Abdul Aziz: ORCiD; Faculty of Engineering and Technology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Khaled A. Aljaloud: ORCiD; College of Engineering, Muzahimiyah Branch, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abdul Rehman Chishti: ORCiD; Faculty of Engineering and Technology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Yosef T. Aladadi: ORCiD; Department of Electrical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Rifaqat Hussain: Antenna and Electromagnetics Research Group, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3298568
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11
pp. 78811 – 78819

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An optically transparent MIMO antenna with close proximity two-element square patch antenna elements has been presented here to achieve forthcoming requirements of compactness, optical transparency and visual aesthetic for 5G wireless communication and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. A simple, thin optically transparent and more innovative decoupling structure with easier to design closely spaced transparent MIMO antenna configuration is proposed, optimized, and analyzed to achieve higher isolation and diversity gain performance even with close proximity of patch antenna elements. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) material, a thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family, is used as a substrate to achieve optical transparency. The wired metal mesh parameters are considered to achieve the required optical transparency, isolation and radiation performance for the MIMO antenna. The performance of the proposed MIMO antenna is also verified through the fabricated prototype.

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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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