Dual circularly polarized planar four-port mimo antenna with wide axial-ratio bandwidth

Sachin Kumar, Gwan Hui Lee, Dong Hwi Kim, Hyun Chul Choi, Kang Wook Kim

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Abstract

A broadband compact-sized planar four-port multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) antenna with polarization diversity is presented. The proposed dual circularly polarized (CP) MIMO antenna consists of four G-shaped monopole elements, two of which are left-hand CP and the other two are right-hand CP. A vertical line strip in the G-shaped radiating element acts in balancing the vertical and horizontal electric field components to obtain 90° phase difference between them for circular polarization. Also, an I-shaped strip is incorporated between the ground planes of the G-shaped antenna elements to obtain equal voltage level in the proposed MIMO configuration. The dual circular polarization mechanism of the proposed MIMO/diversity antenna is analysed from the vector current distributions. The impedance bandwidth (S11 ≤ –10 dB) of the MIMO antenna is 105.9% (4–13 GHz) and the 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) is 67.7% (4.2–8.5 GHz), which is suitable for C-band applications. The overall size of the MIMO antenna is 70 × 68 × 1.6 mm3, and the minimum isolation between the resonating elements is 18 dB. The envelope correlation coefficient is less than 0.25, and the peak gain within the resonating band is 6.4 dBi.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5610
Pages (from-to)1-19
Number of pages19
JournalSensors
Volume20
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2020

Keywords

  • Diversity
  • Dual circularly polarized
  • Isolation
  • MIMO
  • Planar

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