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- Title
Planar, compact ultra-wideband polarisation diversity antenna array.
- Authors
Khan, Muhammad Saeed; Capobianco, Antonio-Daniele; Naqvi, Aftab; Ijaz, Bilal; Asif, Sajid; Braaten, Benjamin D.
- Abstract
A new compact multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna array is presented. The antenna array initially consisted of two monopoles placed side by side at a distance of 4 mm. A strong mutual coupling was observed so the design was modified by rotating the second radiator at 90° at a distance of 1 mm. Wideband isolation is achieved by exploiting polarisation diversity of antenna elements. Simulation in HFSS and printed prototype results validate the high isolation, over 21 dB on the entire 2.5-12 GHz frequency range. A prototype was fabricated on a low loss substrate of Rogers TMM4 measuring 23 x 39.8 mm². To evaluate the diversity performance, the envelope correlation coefficient was calculated resulting below -20 dB, thus ensuring good diversity performance. The compactness of the proposed UWB-MIMO design is finally compared against alternative solutions already present in the literature.
- Subjects
ANTENNA array design &; construction; ULTRA-wideband antennas; POLARIZATION (Electricity); MIMO systems; WIRELESS communications
- Publication
IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation (Wiley-Blackwell), 2015, Vol 9, Issue 15, p1761
- ISSN
1751-8725
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1049/iet-map.2015.0371