Dual-band MIMO Research Articles

Dual-Band MIMO Prototype in the Sub-6 GHz Integrated With mm-Wave Arrays: Ensuring Beamforming and Safety Measures

Dual-Band MIMO Prototype in the Sub-6 GHz Integrated With mm-Wave Arrays: Ensuring Beamforming and Safety Measures

A Compact Boat Shaped Dual-Band MIMO Antenna With Enhanced Isolation for 5G/WLAN Application

A Compact Boat Shaped Dual-Band MIMO Antenna With Enhanced Isolation for 5G/WLAN Application

Mutual Coupling Reduction for Dual-Band MIMO Antenna via Artificial Transmission Line

Mutual Coupling Reduction for Dual-Band MIMO Antenna via Artificial Transmission Line

A T-shaped compact dual-band MIMO antenna system for 5G smartphone applications

A T-shaped compact dual-band MIMO antenna system for 5G smartphone applications

Triple-Band MIMO Antenna with Integrated Decoupling Technology

This paper proposes an integrated decoupling method that improves the flexibility of multiport, multiband antenna design and simplifies the antenna structure. First, a dual-band L-type MIMO antenna with center frequencies of 2.6 GHz and 5.6 GHz is created using the neutralization-line decoupling method and then a dual-band L-type MIMO antenna covering the WiFi spectrum (2.3–2.5 GHz and 4.6–5.6 GHz) is created using the type-T branch decoupling technique. After demonstrating the efficacy of neutralization-line and T-branch decoupling technology for L-type antennas, a four-port L-type MIMO antenna covering 4.4–4.9 GHz, 5.4–6.1 GHz, and 7.0–7.4 GHz is proposed by combining the methods of neutralization-line decoupling, T-branch decoupling, and defected ground structure decoupling. This antenna’s isolation is higher than 20 dB with ECC less than 0.04.

Design And Simulation of a Hexagonal High-Gain MIMO Patch Antenna For 5G Applications

View of the technological evolution and the problems encountered by the world, researchers are obliged to find solutions, particularly researchers in the field of antennas. This article has been devoted to the design and study of a hexagonal dual-band MIMO patch antenna for Satellite and 5G applications. Several parameters have been studied, we can quote among other things the gain, the bandwidth, the radiation diagram, the directivity, and the distribution of the electric field E. To achieve these studies and find optimal solutions, several designs have been made like the design of a simple hexagonal patch antenna, and, in the end, the proposed antenna is a MIMO with a hexagonal shape and 2 feeding ports. The proposed antenna operates at 25 GHz as the central frequency. The obtained ECC (envelope correlation coefficient) value is less than 0.006 for the entire operating bandwidth, which satisfies the standard value criteria of less than 0.5 and indicates minimal isolation between the antenna arrays. The values of the gain and the maximum directivity of the antenna obtained are respectively 8.12 dB and 8.37 dB, which gives us an efficiency of the antenna at 97.01% with high isolation > 25 dB. The results are found to be sufficient for the device to be used for mm-wave 5G MIMO applications. Additional MIMO performance metrics, such as the channel capacity loss (CCL), diversity gain (DG), and total active reflection coefficient (TARC), are evaluated. All this work has been done using HFSS 15 as software.

A twelve element dual-band MIMO antenna for 5G smartphones.

In this paper, a 12x12 dual-band MIMO antenna for 5G smartphones is proposed. It operates in the sub 6 GHz (2.4GHz and 3.5GHz) frequency bands. The MIMO antenna elements are printed on an FR4 epoxy substrate that has a thickness of 0.8mm. The main substrate measures 150 × 75 × 0.8 mm3, while the side substrates have dimensions of 75 × 6 × 0.8mm3. The twelve dual-band antenna elements are compact in size. Each antenna element size is reduced significantly, which is 11.20 × 5.98 mm2(0.0896λ × 0.04784λ). These antenna elments are arranged in such a way that the MIMO antenna not only provides polarization diversity but also helps in achieving good performance in terms of isolation, which is more than 13.5 dB between two adjacent antenna elements. Another significance of the proposed antenna is that both the frequency bands can be tuned independently by varying the corresponding length of each arm. The performance parameters like efficiency is around 40-56% for the lower band and it is 48-62% for the upper band. The envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) is below 0.04 in both frequency bands for the proposed dual band MIMO antenna.

Design and optimization of a deep learning algorithm assisted stub-loaded dual band four-port MIMO antenna for Sub-6 GHz 5G and X band satellite communication applications

In this article, C-type stubs loaded hexagonal shaped four-element MIMO antenna is proposed with improved isolation for sub-6 GHz 5G and X-band satellite wireless communication applications. Initially, the design and simulation studies of the MIMO antenna are performed using Computer Simulation Software (CST) software but its design parameter estimation and optimization consume higher time using conventional EM simulation tools. In order to solve this issue, Deep Learning algorithm-based approach has been proposed to determine the optimal physical parameters along with best possible performance characteristics. This suggested DL based approach is resource and time efficient for parameter estimation and optimization during the design process. To reduce design space and generation of an effective dataset, the feature reduction method (FRM) is implied during the design process. The S-parameters are predicted through Dual-Channel (DC-DNN) Deep Neural Network model. The dual-band MIMO antenna operates with −10 dB impedance Bandwidths of 40 % (2.8 GHz – 4.2 GHz), 38.41 % (6.1 GHz – 9.0 GHz) and shows excellent diversity performance. The proposed MIMO antenna is suitable for Sub-6 GHz n77 (3.3–4.2 GHz), n78 (3.3–3.8 GHz) 5G NR bands and also supports X band satellite (7.25–7.75 GHz and 7.9–8.4 GHz) communication applications.

A Novel High-Isolation Dual-Band Monocone Antenna Array for Wi-Fi 6 Application

This paper presents a novel high isolation monocone antenna array for Wi-Fi 6 applications. Conical radiator, top patch and shorting pins are combined to obtain an ultra-wide operating bandwidth, which covers the full Wi-Fi 6 frequency bands. The decoupling structure consists of two parts: higher-frequency decoupling element (HDE) and lower-frequency decoupling element (LDE). LDE consists of a pair of C-shaped rings, a metal strip and three shorting pins. HDE is composed of two T-shaped metal strips placed vertically on the ground. For further investigation, the equivalent circuit model of the proposed antennas is adopted to explain the decoupling principles. And design formulas are rigorously derived to facilitate the construction of decoupling structures. For verification, a dual-band monocone MIMO antenna with edge-to-edge spacing of 0.1388 λ <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</sub> (evaluated at lower frequency) is prototyped and characterized. The measured results reveal that proposed antenna can offer enhanced port isolation (23dB/40dB), increased antenna efficiency (>80%) and improved pattern diversity.

Low-loss MIMO antenna wireless communication system for 5G cardiac pacemakers

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the leading causes of death globally. The Internet of things (IoT) enabled with industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) bands (2.45 and 5.8 GHz) facilitates pacemakers to remotely share heart health data to medical professionals. For the first time, communication between a compact dual-band two-port multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna (integrated inside the leadless pacemaker) and an outside-body dual-band two-port MIMO antenna in the ISM 2.45 and 5.8 GHz frequency bands is demonstrated in this work. The proposed communication system offers an attractive solution for cardiac pacemakers as it can operate on a 5G IoT platform while also being compatible with existing 4G standards. The experimental verification of the proposed MIMO antenna low-loss communication capability is also presented by comparing it to the existing single–input–single–output communication between the leadless pacemaker and outside body monitoring device.

Compact Dual-Band MIMO Antenna With Shared Decoupling Structure for 5G Mobile Terminals

In this letter, a compact dual-band MIMO antenna, consisting of four antenna pairs, is presented for 5G mobile terminal applications. Each pair includes two tightly-arranged monopoles. By folding the L-shaped monopoles into U-shaped structures, both the 3.5 GHz band and 4.9 GHz band can share the same decoupling inductor. By adding stop-band filter on the monopole, dual-band operation can be provided by a single branch. The size of the dual-band antenna pair is merely 19×4 mm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> . The measured -6 dB bandwidth can cover 3.4-3.6 GHz and 4.8-5.0 GHz, with port isolation higher than 12 dB. The measured radiation efficiency varies from 41% to 59% in the lower band, and varies from 38% to 62% in the upper band.

A High Isolation Dual-band WiFi MIMO Antenna Design

In this paper, a dual-band WiFi MIMO antenna with high isolation is designed. The antenna is F-Type structure, and the resonant points of high frequency and low frequency are mainly controlled by two branches of ‘F’. In order to improve the isolation between antennas, multiple symmetrically distributed slots are introduced on the ground, by adjusting the size and spacing of each group of slots, the effect of 2.4GHz & 5G dual-band decoupling is realized. Through HFSS simulation and optimization, antenna in frequency of 2.4-2.5GHz & 5.2-5.825GHz, S11 meet-10db bandwidth requirements, the isolation between the two ports is higher than 25dB, meet the design requirements.

Isolation enhancement technique in a dual-band THz MIMO antenna with single radiator

Isolation enhancement technique in a dual-band THz MIMO antenna with single radiator

A CPW-fed dual band four-port MIMO antenna based on liquid crystal polymer for flexible IoT applications

AbstractA 2 × 2 dual band MIMO flexible antenna with a low profile and CPW feeding is designed for Internet of Things (IoT) domains, operating in 5G (3.3–3.6/4.8–5.0 GHz), WiMAX (5.25–5.85 GHz) and WLAN (5.15–5.35/5.725–5.825 GHz) bands. Two resonant frequencies are generated by L-shaped branches and a rectangular monopole. The mentioned MIMO antenna comprises four elements arranged vertically. With the addition of an orthogonal branch, significant isolation is attained, which exceeds 21 dB in the entire bands. The four-element MIMO antenna is fabricated and experimented to analyze the performance. According to the measurement, the antenna can operate bandwidth covering 3.156–3.84 GHz (19.55%) and 4.638–6.348 GHz (31.13%). Furthermore, the provided four-element MIMO antenna possesses a number of advantageous properties, such as ECC, DG, and TARC, indicating its suitability for 5G/WiMAX/WLAN applications. In accordance with the results of bending measurement and human body influence, it is evident that the presented liquid crystal polymer antenna could be an ideal candidate for integrating into wearable 5G/WiMAX/WLAN devices.

A Novel SRR Metamaterial Inspired CPW-Fed Dual Band MIMO Antenna for Sub-6 GHz 5G Application

A Novel SRR Metamaterial Inspired CPW-Fed Dual Band MIMO Antenna for Sub-6 GHz 5G Application

A design of dual band wearable MIMO antenna using Organza fabric for medical applications

A novel wearable dual-band MIMO antenna featuring good conformal characteristics under bending conditions is presented. The dielectric part of the antenna is built on a flexible substrate using layered lightweight plain weave fabric Organza with a relative permittivity of 1.63 to achieve a low-light and flabby textile. A defected ground structure (DGS) is employed for improving diverse parameters such as narrow bandwidth and resonant adjusting. The DGS part of the antenna is a resonant slot in the ground layer, placed directly under the patches. The electromagnetic energy is transmitted to the radiating slots using a recessed microstrip line feed along with semi co-planar waveguide (CPW) structure with defective ground metal in the bottom layer. It is worthwhile to point out that using the highly flexible Organza fabric with the ability to change the substrate thickness provided acceptable antenna characteristics under the bending condition in different directions. To validate the design, a prototype antenna is fabricated and experimentally investigated. The effect of substrate thickness on antenna performance is investigated by changing the number of Organza layers in both simulation and experiments. A good agreement is attained between the simulation results and the measurement results. The antenna properties such as scattering parameters, radiation patterns, and SAR values are investigated under bending conditions. Results show that the maximum measured gain is 7.8 dB at 2.4 GHz and 7.3 dB at 5 GHz. The simulated specific absorption rate (SAR) values are less than 0.336 W/Kg and 0.468 W/Kg at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz for 1 g human body tissue, respectively. The SAR values for the bent antenna are less than 0.302 W/Kg and 0.458 W/Kg at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz for 1 g human body tissue, respectively.

Design of Dual-Band MIMO antenna for 5G applications

MIMO antenna are widely used in many areas for the great reception of signals. In transport industry for the development of automation and for the advancement they required efficient and high gain antenna transceivers. In this paper, single-element dual band antenna is used for 5G Vehicle to Everything (5G-V2X) application but the design will be enhanced to six-element for full coverage, on analysing single element. Three antennas of same structure as specified in this paper are arranged in a single substrate as a shape of triangle of combining all three, and similar structure is made in another substrate such that both are separated by a strip like structure and arranging both substrates that both triangularly arranged substrate forming a hexagonal structure from the top view. These will increase the coverage over 360° surrounds these will increase the gain over 9dB at mm-Wave range.

Dual-band open-loop monopole (2 × 1) printed MIMO antenna for 4G and 5G applications

Abstract This paper presents a compact dual-band open-loop monopole MIMO antenna to serve 4G/5G applications. This antenna consists of two printed monopole antennas with very high isolation. Two enhancement techniques are utilized to improve the isolation between ports. Since each technique can provide high isolation of a single band, a combination of λ/4 slot and T-shape techniques are used to achieve high isolation of −19 dB and −35 dB at 2.4 GHz and 3.5 GHz, respectively. The proposed design has high efficiency, a low envelope correlation coefficient, and an acceptable level of realized gain (2.7 dBi and 2.2 dBi) at low and high bands. This design has been fabricated using low-profile printed circuit technology with a compact patch size of 50 × 25 mm2 based on an FR-4 substrate. Moreover, the simulation and measurement results are in good agreement.

Dual and wideband 6-port MIMO antenna for WiFi, LTE and carrier aggregation systems applications

This article describes a novel dual-band 6-port MIMO antenna for WiFi, LTE, and carrier aggregation system applications. The proposed antenna consists of a defected annular ring, slots, an array structure, a neutralization block, and a novel isolation structure (GP-3) for enhancement of bandwidth, coupling, isolation, gain, and efficiency. After systematic investigation of the reference antenna (A-0; 0.65λ0×0.48λ0mm2) at the design frequency of 2.4 GHz, an optimized antenna (A-4) with ground plane GP-3 is selected among the antennas (A-1 to A-4). The proposed antenna resonates in dual-band, with a lower band (1.6–2.45 GHz (simulated), 1.57–2.39 GHz (measured)) due to ports P5 and P6, and a higher band (2.3–2.6 GHz (simulated), 2.3–2.58 GHz (measured)) due to ports P1, P2, P3 and P4. A peak realized gain of 2.2 dB and 3.34 dB at resonance frequencies of 1.7 GHz and 2.45 GHz is obtained, respectively. The proposed antenna exhibits a maximum isolation and total efficiency of 45.6 dB and 88%, respectively. Simulated results by means of HFSS version 18 are validated with experimental results of the proposed work.

Low-profile closely coupled dual-band MIMO antenna using double layer metasurface

AbstractA two-element low-profile closely coupled dual-band MIMO antenna is demonstrated for WiMAX applications. Based on the principle of metasurface (MTS) decoupling, a double-layer MTS consisting of pairs of elliptic patches with two different sizes is proposed. The MTS is loaded above a coupled dual-band MIMO antenna, and the mutual coupling in the lower and upper band is reduced by the larger and smaller elliptic patches, respectively. The edge-to-edge distance of antenna elements is only 0.01λ0 (λ0 is the free-space wavelength at 2.6 GHz). The measured results show that the working bandwidths of the MIMO antenna are 2.5–2.69 and 3.4–3.69 GHz. The −10 dB impedance bandwidths in two bands are 8.83% (2.49–2.72 GHz) and 8.50% (3.38–3.68 GHz), and the isolation between antenna elements is enhanced by 13.5 and 18.4 dB in two bands, respectively. Moreover, broadside radiation performances in two bands are obtained.