Design and analysis of wideband MIMO antenna arrays for 5G smartphone application

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Nizar Sghaier ◽  
Lassaad Latrach
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Pattern ◽  
Antenna Arrays ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Total Efficiency ◽  
Rectangular Slot ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Feed Line

Abstract A new wideband multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system able to operate in a frequency band ranging between 3.3 and 7.1 GHz is proposed for fifth-generation (5G) new radio applications for future smartphones. The design structure contains four pairs of compact microstrip-fed slot antennas, located at the corners of an FR-4 printed circuit board. Each pair of antennas consists of a radiator with two concentric annular slots, fed by two L-shaped microstrip-feeding lines and provides polarization and radiation pattern diversity function due to the orthogonal placement of their feed-line. In order to reduce the mutual coupling characteristic, we have inserted a rectangular slot under each microstrip feed-line. Besides, we have coupled and linked the two rings by a small gap to combine and move the resonant modes so as to achieve wideband coverage. The measured and simulated results show that the proposed design achieves the desired performance, such as isolation >12 dB, a total efficiency >48%, and an envelope correlation coefficient <0.07. In addition, the radiation pattern, the total efficiency, the realized gain, and the channel capacity are also studied. According to the reached results, the proposed MIMO antenna may be a suitable application-oriented design for 5G mobile communication.

scholarly journals A Graphene-Assembled Film Based MIMO Antenna Array with High Isolation for 5G Wireless Communication

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2382
Author(s):  
Rongguo Song ◽  
Xiaoxiao Chen ◽  
Shaoqiu Jiang ◽  
Zelong Hu ◽  
Tianye Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Antenna Arrays ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Frequency Selective Surface ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
High Isolation ◽  
Input Multiple Output ◽  
Alternative Material

With the development of 5G, Internet of Things, and smart home technologies, miniaturized and compact multi-antenna systems and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna arrays have attracted increasing attention. Reducing the coupling between antenna elements is essential to improving the performance of such MIMO antenna system. In this work, we proposed a graphene-assembled, as an alternative material rather than metal, film-based MIMO antenna array with high isolation for 5G application. The isolation of the antenna element is improved by a graphene assembly film (GAF) frequency selective surface and isolation strip. It is shown that the GAF antenna element operated at 3.5 GHz has the realized gain of 2.87 dBi. The addition of the decoupling structure improves the isolation of the MIMO antenna array to more than 10 dB and corrects the antenna radiation pattern and operating frequency. The isolation between antenna elements with an interval of 0.4λ is above 25 dB. All experimental results show that the GAF antenna and decoupling structure are efficient devices for 5G mobile communication.

Integration of a K-Band Receiver Front-End Using a Copper Core Printed Circuit Board

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 000384-000388
Author(s):  
Brian Curran ◽  
Jacob Reyes ◽  
Christian Tschoban ◽  
Ivan Ndip ◽  
Klaus-Dieter Lang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Antenna Arrays ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Front End ◽  
High Bandwidth ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
K Band

Abstract Increasing demand for high bandwidth wireless satellite connections and telecommunications has resulted in interest in steerable antenna arrays in the GHz frequency range. These applications require cost-effective integration technologies for high frequency and high power integrated circuits (ICs) using GaAs, for example. In this paper, an integration platform is proposed, that enables GaAs ICs to be directly placed on a copper core inside cavities of a high frequency laminate for optimal cooling purposes. The platform is used to integrate a K-Band receiver front-end, composed of four GaAs ICs, with linear IF output power for input powers above −40dBm and a temperature of 42°C during operation.

scholarly journals A Sub-6 GHz MIMO Antenna Array for 5G Wireless Terminals

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (24) ◽  
pp. 3062
Author(s):  
Jalal Khan ◽  
Sadiq Ullah ◽  
Farooq A. Tahir ◽  
Faisel Tubbal ◽  
Raad Raad
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Total Efficiency ◽  
Rectangular Slot ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Array Configuration ◽  
Standard Value ◽  
Operating Bandwidth ◽  
Element Array ◽  
Sar Analysis

This paper presents a novel antenna with its array and MIMO configuration for the 5G sub-6 GHz applications. The proposed antenna element operates at the central frequency of 5.57 GHz dedicated for Sub-6 GHz 5G communication applications. The antenna element holds a circular-shaped radiating portion with an inner-circular slot, plus a rectangular slot at its right edge to make the proposed design resonate at the desired frequency band. The RT5880 substrate is used with a thickness of 0.787 mm, and the low-loss tangent of 0.0009. To achieve a desired gain of 12 dB, a four-element array configuration is adopted, which improved a bore side gain to 12.4 dB from 6.66 dB. Then, the two-port configuration is adopted such that the isolation achieved between them is more than −30 dB. The total efficiency of the proposed antenna array is observed to be more than 80% within the operating bandwidth. Moreover, the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) analysis is also presented for the proposed MIMO configuration, obeying the standard value (i.e., <2 W/kg for any 10 g of tissue). The measured results are in good agreement with the simulated results. All the simulations of the proposed design are performed in the CST MWS software.

Side-Frame Dual-Band MIMO Antennas for 5G Smartphone Applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 1314-1315
Author(s):  
Guobo Wei ◽  
Quanyuan Feng
Keyword(s):  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Smartphone Applications ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Mimo Antennas ◽  
Fifth Generation ◽  
Full Screen ◽  
5 Ghz

A side-frame dual-band multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antenna system for fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication in smartphone applications is presented, operating in 3.5 GHz band (3400-3600 MHz) and 5 GHz band (4800-5000 MHz). The proposed four-element antenna array is placed at four corners of the circuit board and printed on the side edge frame. The height of the structure is only 4.1 mm, which is compatible for ultra-thin full screen smartphones. According to the verification of HFSS and CST, ideal impedance matching bandwidths (superior to 10dB) and excellent isolations (superior to 18 dB) are obtained over the 3.5 GHz band and 5 GHz band, with peak gain of 6.18 dB and 4.9 dB, respectively.

scholarly journals Bandwidth Enhancement of UWB Microstrip Antenna with a Modified Ground Plane

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Prombutr ◽  
P. Kirawanich ◽  
P. Akkaraekthalin
Keyword(s):  
Microstrip Antenna ◽  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Resonant Frequencies ◽  
Bandwidth Enhancement ◽  
Rectangular Slot ◽  
Compact Size ◽  
Circular Patch Antenna

This article presents a bandwidth enhancing technique using a modified ground plane with diagonal edges, rectangular slot, and T-shape cut for the design of compact antennas. The proposed low-cost, compact-size circular patch antenna on 3 cm 5.1 cm printed circuit board (FR-4) is designed and validated through simulations and experiments. Results show that the T-shaped ground plane with the presence of the diagonal cuts at the top corners and the rectangular slots can increase the bandwidth. Return losses of 19 and 26 dB for the first and second resonant frequencies, respectively, can be achieved when the depth of the diagonal cut is 5 mm, the dimension of each rectangular slot is  mm, and the T-shaped size is  mm, providing a 28.67% wider bandwidth than FCC standard.

scholarly journals Compact Design of 2 × 2 MIMO Antenna with Super-Wide Bandwidth for Millimeters Wavelength Systems

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Haitham Alsaif ◽  
Mohamed A. H. Eleiwa
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Pattern ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Tangent Loss ◽  
Total System ◽  
Wide Bandwidth ◽  
Mimo Antenna

A novel compact planar 2 × 2 antenna system with super-wide bandwidth is presented in this paper. The MIMO antenna has four square-shaped patches with two slots in each that are interconnected with each other using four strip lines printed on a substrate of Rogers Duroid RT 5880 with relative permittivity of εr = 2.2 and tangent loss of δ = 0.0009. The proposed antenna system has a partial ground plane with two enhancement fractured slots. The design is characterized by a super-wide impedance starting from 15.2 to 62 GHz (a bandwidth of 46.8 GHz) and compact total system size of 11.2 × 15.25 mm2 with a thickness of 0.12 mm. The proposed MIMO design has omnidirectional radiation pattern for far field and the achieved peak gain reaches 13.5 dBi. The presented planar antenna which relies on computer aided design, has been designed and simulated using an industrial standard simulation code. Its performance results showed that the MIMO design is characterized by super wide bandwidth, omnidirectional radiation pattern, and high-power gain with miniaturized physical size; thus, it is suitable for radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems, fifth-generation applications, ultra-wideband systems, and others.

Investigation of 10-port coupled fed slotted MIMO antenna system for 5G mobile handset

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
D. Rajesh Kumar ◽  
G. Venkat Babu ◽  
K.G. Sujanth Narayan ◽  
N. Raju
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Diversity Techniques

Abstract A dual-band 10-port multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna array for 5G smartphone is proposed. Each antenna in the MIMO system can work from 3.4 to 3.6 GHz and 5 to 6 GHz with 10 dB (2:1 VSWR) impedance bandwidth. Nevertheless, for a 3:1 VSWR, the antenna operates from 3.3 to 3.8 GHz and 4.67 to 6.24 GHz. The MIMO system is formed by making 10 seven-shaped coupled fed slot antenna elements excited at two different resonant modes and integrated into the system circuit board. By implementing the spatial and polarization diversity techniques, high isolation better than 28 dB between any pair of antenna elements is achieved. The proposed 10-port MIMO antenna array is fabricated and measured. Significant radiation efficiency is obtained, ranging from 65 to 82% for both bands. The antenna gain in the required operating band is substantial, around 3–3.8 dBi. Further, the MIMO parameters such as envelope correlation co-efficient, channel capacity, and total active reflection co-efficient are calculated. The antenna's robustness is estimated by analyzing the user hand effects and specific absorption rate (SAR). The measured results are well agreed with the simulated results.

scholarly journals High Gain Triple-Band Metamaterial-Based Antipodal Vivaldi MIMO Antenna for 5G Communications

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Tale Saeidi ◽  
Idris Ismail ◽  
Sima Noghanian ◽  
Adam R. H. Alhawari ◽  
Qammer H. Abbasi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Radiation Efficiency ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Spiral Antenna ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
High Isolation ◽  
Dual Polarized ◽  
Triple Band

This paper presents a miniaturized dual-polarized Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna with high isolation. The antenna meets the constraints of sub-6 GHz 5G and the smartphones’ X-band communications. A vertically polarized modified antipodal Vivaldi antenna and a horizontally polarized spiral antenna are designed and integrated, and then their performance is investigated. Three frequency bands of 3.8 GHz, 5.2 GHz, and 8.0 GHz are considered, and the proposed dual-polarized antenna is studied. High isolation of greater than 20 dB is obtained after integration of metamaterial elements, and without applying any other decoupling methods. The proposed triple-band metamaterial-based antenna has 1.6 GHz bandwidth (BW) (2.9 GHz–4.5 GHz), 13.5 dBi gain, and 98% radiation efficiency at 3.8 GHz. At 5.2 GHz it provides 1.2 GHz BW, 9.5 dBi gain, and 96% radiation efficiency. At 8.0 GHz it has 1 GHz BW, 6.75 dBi gain, and 92% radiation efficiency. Four antenna elements (with eight ports) were laid out orthogonally at the four corners of a mobile printed circuit board (PCB) to be utilized as a MIMO antenna for 5G communications. The performance of the MIMO antenna is examined and reported.

scholarly journals Mutual Coupling Reduction of E-Shaped MIMO Antenna with Matrix of C-Shaped Resonators

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghad Ghalib Saadallah Alsultan ◽  
Gölge Ögücü Yetkin
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Coupling ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Surface Current ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Total Efficiency ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Multiple Input ◽  
Parallel Arrangement ◽  
Input Multiple Output

E-shaped multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) microstrip antenna systems operating in WLAN and WiMAX bands (between 5 and 7.5 GHz) are proposed with enhanced isolation features. The systems are comprised of two antennas that are placed parallel and orthogonal to each other, respectively. According to the simulation results, the operating frequency of the MIMO antenna system is 6.3 GHz, and mutual coupling is below −18 dB in a parallel arrangement, whereas they are 6.4 GHz and −25 dB, respectively, in the orthogonal arrangement. The 2 × 3 matrix of C-shaped resonator (CSR) is proposed and placed between the antenna elements over the substrate, to reduce the mutual coupling and enhance the isolation between the antennas. More than 30 dB isolation between the array elements is achieved at the resonant frequency for both of the configurations. The essential parameters of the MIMO array such as mutual coupling, surface current distribution, envelop correlation coefficient (ECC), diversity gain (DG), and the total efficiency have been simulated to verify the reliability and the validity of the MIMO system in both parallel and orthogonal configurations. The experimental results are also provided and compared for the mutual coupling with simulated results. An adequate match between the measured and simulated results is achieved.

scholarly journals Multi-Band MIMO Antenna Design with User-Impact Investigation for 4G and 5G Mobile Terminals

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naser Ojaroudi Parchin ◽  
Haleh Jahanbakhsh Basherlou ◽  
Yasir I. A. Al-Yasir ◽  
Atta Ullah ◽  
Raed A. Abd-Alhameed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Printed Circuit Board ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Single Element ◽  
Mobile Terminals ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Multi Band

In this study, we propose a design of a multi-band slot antenna array applicable for fourth-generation (4G) and fifth-generation (5G) smartphones. The design is composed of double-element square-ring slot radiators fed by microstrip-line structures for easy integration with radio frequency (RF)/microwave circuitry. The slot radiators are located on the corners of the smartphone printed circuit board (PCB) with an overall dimension of 75 × 150 mm2. The proposed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna is designed to meet the requirements of 4G and 5G mobile terminals with essential bandwidth for higher data rate applications. For −10 dB impedance bandwidth, each single-element of the proposed MIMO design can cover the frequency ranges of 2.5–2.7 GHz (long-term evolution (LTE) 2600), 3.45–3.8 GHz (LTE bands 42/43), and 5.00–5.45 GHz (LTE band 46). However, for −6 dB impedance bandwidth, the radiation elements cover the frequency ranges of 2.45–2.82 GHz, 3.35–4.00 GHz, and 4.93–5.73 GHz. By employing the microstrip feed lines at the four different sides of smartphone PCB, the isolation of the radiators has been enhanced and shows better than 17 dB isolation levels over all operational bands. The MIMO antenna is implemented on an FR-4 dielectric and provides good properties including S-parameters, efficiency, and radiation pattern coverage. The performance of the antenna is validated by measurements of the prototype. The simulation results for user-hand/user-head impacts and specific absorption rate (SAR) levels of the antenna are discussed, and good results are achieved. In addition, the antenna elements have the potential to be used as 8-element/dual-polarized resonators.

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