Metasurface-Based Wideband MIMO Antenna for 5G Millimeter-Wave Systems

Daniyal Ali Sehrai; Muhammad Asif; Wahab Ali Shah; Jalal Khan; Ibrar Ullah; Muhammad Ibrar; Saeedullah Jan; Mohammad Alibakhshikenari; Francisco Falcone; Ernesto Limiti

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3110905

IEEE Access (Jan 2021)

Metasurface-Based Wideband MIMO Antenna for 5G Millimeter-Wave Systems

Daniyal Ali Sehrai,
Muhammad Asif,
Wahab Ali Shah,
Jalal Khan,
Ibrar Ullah,
Muhammad Ibrar,
Saeedullah Jan,
Mohammad Alibakhshikenari,
Francisco Falcone,
Ernesto Limiti

Affiliations

Daniyal Ali Sehrai: ORCiD; Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Asif: ORCiD; Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
Wahab Ali Shah: Department of Electrical Engineering, Namal Institute, Mianwali, Pakistan
Jalal Khan: ORCiD; Department of Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Mardan, Pakistan
Ibrar Ullah: ORCiD; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Bannu Campus, Peshawar, Pakistan
Muhammad Ibrar: ORCiD; Department of Physics, Islamia College, Peshawar, Pakistan
Saeedullah Jan: Department of Physics, Islamia College, Peshawar, Pakistan
Mohammad Alibakhshikenari: ORCiD; Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Madrid, Spain
Francisco Falcone: ORCiD; Electric, Electronic and Communication Engineering Department, Public University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain
Ernesto Limiti: ORCiD; Electronic Engineering Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata,”, Rome, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3110905
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9
pp. 125348 – 125357

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This paper presents a metasurface based multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna with a wideband operation for millimeter-wave 5G communication systems. The antenna system consists of four elements placed with a 90 degree shift in order to achieve a compact MIMO system while a $2\times 2$ non-uniform metasurface (total four elements) is placed at the back of the MIMO configuration to improve the radiation characteristics of it. The overall size of the MIMO antenna is $24\times 24$ mm2 while the operational bandwidth of the proposed antenna system ranges from 23.5-29.4 GHz. The peak gain achieved by the proposed MIMO antenna is almost 7dB which is further improved up to 10.44 dB by employing a $2\times 2$ metasurface. The total efficiency is also observed more than 80% across the operating band. Apart from this, the MIMO performance metrics such as envelope correlation coefficient (ECC), diversity gain (DG), and channel capacity loss (CCL) are analyzed which demonstrate good characteristics. All the simulations of the proposed design are carried out in computer simulation technology (CST) software, and measured results reveal good agreement with the simulated one which make it a potential contender for the upcoming 5G communication systems.

Published in IEEE Access

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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