High Isolation Quad-Element SWB-MIMO Antenna with Dual Band-Notch for ISM and WLAN Band Wireless Applications

Abstract

A quad-element super-wideband (2-20GHz) MIMO antenna including dual notched-band response at WiMAX (3.30-3.70GHz) and satellite-band (6.99-8.09GHz) is designed on RO3035 with total dimension of 118mm×86mm×1.67mm. Unique decoupling structure has been deployed to enhance the isolation (˃20dB) between two antenna elements. The fundamental properties of MIMO antennas like bandwidth ratio (10:1), isolation (>18dB), gain (4.14dB), Envelop Correlation-Coefficient (<0.0065), Total Active Reflection-Coefficient (< 0dB), Channel Capacity Loss (<0.25bps/Hz) and radiation patterns are also investigated in order to determine their practicality. Measurement and simulation results of the proposed SWB-MIMO antenna from 2 to 20GHz indicate that it will be the suitable candidate for wireless and biomedical applications.

Keywords

• Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output
• Super-Wideband
• Defected Ground Structure
• Metasurface