Efficient and optimized six- port MIMO antenna system for 5G smartphones

Frequenz ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumar D. Rajesh ◽  
Babu G. Venkat
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Channel Capacity ◽  
Specific Absorption Rate ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
High Isolation ◽  
Capacity Loss ◽  
Four Corners

Abstract In this paper, six-port MIMO antenna is presented for 5G mobile handsets. The proposed six-port antenna array is designed by making four L shaped monopole slots at four corners and two at the middle side edges of the ground plane which is printed on the backside of 0.8 mm thick FR4 substrate. High isolation (>−18 dB) between any pair of antenna elements is achieved without deploying dedicated isolation enhancing mechanisms. The antenna is working from 3.4–3.6 GHz (LTE Band 42) with 200 MHz bandwidth in the 2:1 VSWR (−10 dB impedance bandwidth). The proposed six-port MIMO antenna array is fabricated and measured. Significant radiation efficiency is obtained from 70 to 74 % in desired band of operation. Further, the MIMO parameters such as Envelope Correlation Co-efficient (ECC), Channel Capacity, Channel Capacity Loss (CLL) and Total Active Reflection Co-Efficient (TARC) are calculated. The robustness of the antenna 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 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.

Design of a compact MIMO antenna system with reduced mutual coupling

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Younus Talha ◽  
Kamili Jagadeesh Babu ◽  
Rabah W. Aldhaheri
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
Mutual Coupling ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Operating Band

A novel compact multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system operating from 5 to 7.3 GHz is proposed for wireless applications. It comprises of two similar antennas with microstrip feeding and radiating patches developed on a reduced ground plane. The developed antenna system resonates at a dual-band of 5.4 and 6.8 GHz frequencies, giving an impedance bandwidth of 38% (based on S11 < −10 dB). The unique structure of the proposed MIMO system gives a reduced mutual coupling of −27 dB at 5.4 GHz resonant frequency and −19 dB at 6.8 GHz resonant frequency and in the entire operating band the coupling is maintained well below −16 dB. The envelope correlation coefficient of the proposed MIMO system is calculated and is found to be less than 0.05 in the operating band. The measured and simulation results are found in good agreement.

Eight-Element Antenna Array for LTE 3.4–3.8 GHz Mobile Handset Applications

Frequenz ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (5-6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingsheng Yang ◽  
Ming Ji ◽  
Biyu Cheng ◽  
Bo Ni
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Operating Band ◽  
Multiple Input ◽  
Input Multiple Output ◽  
Mobile Handset

AbstractIn this letter, an eight-element Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system for LTE mobile handset applications is proposed. The antenna array consists of eight 3D inverted F-shaped antennas (3D-IFA), and the measured –10 dB impedance bandwidth is 3.2–3.9 GHz which can cover the LTE bands 42 and 43 (3.4–3.8 GHz). By controlling the rotation of the antenna elements, no less than 10 dB isolation between antenna elements can be obtained. After using the specially designed meandered slots on the ground as decoupling structures, the measured isolation can be further improved to higher than 13 dB between the antenna elements at the whole operating band.

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 Design of a Compact Dual-Band MIMO Antenna System with High-Diversity Gain Performance in Both Frequency Bands

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 383
Author(s):  
Wazie M. Abdulkawi ◽  
Waqar Ahmad Malik ◽  
Sajjad Ur Rehman ◽  
Abdul Aziz ◽  
Abdel Fattah A. Sheta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Channel Capacity ◽  
Frequency Band ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Frequency Bands ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Capacity Loss ◽  
Lower Frequency Band ◽  
Code Division Multiple

A compact four-element dual-band multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system is proposed to achieve high isolation and low channel capacity loss. The MIMO antenna was designed and optimized to cover the dual-frequency bands; the first frequency band is a wide band, and it covers the frequency range of 1550–2650 MHz, while the other frequency band covers the 3350–3650 MHz range. The measured wide-band impedance bandwidths of 1.1 GHz and 300 MHz were achieved in the lower and upper frequency bands, respectively. The proposed structure consists of four novel antenna elements, along with a plus-sign-shaped ground structure on an FR4 substrate. The overall electrical size of the whole dual-band MIMO antenna system is 0.3λ(W) × 0.3λ(L) × 0.008λ(H) for the lower frequency band. It achieved greater than 10 and 19 dB isolation in the lower and upper frequency bands, respectively. The antenna system accomplished an envelope correlation coefficient of |ρ|≤0.08 in the lower frequency band, while it achieved |ρ|≤0.02 in the higher frequency band. The computed channel capacity loss remained less than almost 0.4 bits/s/Hz in both frequency bands. Therefore, it achieved good performance in both frequency bands, with the additional advantage of a compact size. The proposed MIMO antenna is suitable for compact handheld devices and smartphones used for GSM (Global System for Mobiles), UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), 5G sub-6 GHz, PCS (Personal Communications Service), and WLAN (wireless local area network) applications.

scholarly journals Decoupled and Descattered Monopole MIMO Antenna Array with Orthogonal Radiation Patterns

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussain Al-Rizzo ◽  
Ayman A. Isaac ◽  
Sulaiman Z. Tariq ◽  
Samer Yahya
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Mutual Coupling ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Radiation Patterns ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Single Antenna ◽  
Novel Design

This chapter introduces a novel design concept to reduce mutual coupling among closely-spaced antenna elements of a MIMO array. This design concept significantly reduces the complexity of traditional/existing design approaches such as metamaterials, defected ground plane structures, soft electromagnetic surfaces, parasitic elements, matching and decoupling networks using a simple, yet a novel design alternative. The approach is based on a planar single decoupling element, consisting of a rectangular metallic ring resonator printed on one face of an ungrounded substrate. The decoupling structure surrounds a two-element vertical monopole antenna array fed by a coplanar waveguide structure. The design is shown both by simulations and measurements to reduce the mutual coupling by at least 20 dB, maintain the impedance bandwidth over which S11, is less than −10 dB, and reduce the envelope correlation coefficient to below 0.001. The boresight of the far-field radiation patterns of the two vertical monopole wire antennas operating at 2.4 GHz and separated by 8 mm (λo/16), where λo is the free-space wavelength at 2.45 GHz, is shown to be orthogonal and inclined by 45° with respect to the horizontal (azimuthal) plane while maintaining the shape of the isolated single antenna element.

scholarly journals Design of Multi-Mode Antenna Array for Use in Next-Generation Mobile Handsets

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2447
Author(s):  
Naser Ojaroudi Parchin ◽  
Haleh Jahanbakhsh Basherlou ◽  
Raed A. Abd-Alhameed
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Cellular Systems ◽  
Good Efficiency ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Fifth Generation ◽  
Input Multiple Output ◽  
Multi Mode

In this study, a new design of a tri-band multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array is proposed for fifth-generation (5G) cellular systems. Its structure is composed of eight identical planar-inverted F antenna (PIFA) elements placed at different edge corners of the handset mainboard with overall dimensions of 150 × 75 mm2. The PIFA elements and ground plane of the MIMO antenna system are arranged on the back layer of the platform, which makes the design easy to integrate with the handset circuit. For S11 ≤ −10 dB, the radiation elements of the MIMO design operate at the frequency ranges of 2.5–2.7 GHz, 3.4–3.75 GHz, and 5.6–6 GHz covering the long-term evolution (LTE) 41, 42/43, and 47 operation bands, respectively. The array achieves better than 15 dB return loss results across the three operating bands. The presented antenna array not only exhibits multi-band operation but also generates the polarization diversity characteristic, which makes it suitable for multi-mode operation. The proposed antenna array was simulated and experimentally tested. Fundamental characteristics of the proposed design are investigated. It offers three band S-parameters with acceptable isolation and dual-polarized radiation with quite good efficiency and gain results. Besides this, the total active reflection coefficient (TARC) and envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) results of the PIFAs are very low over the bands. In addition, the radiation characteristics of the MIMO antenna in the presence of the user and handset components are studied. Moreover, a new and compact phased array millimeter-wave (MM-Wave) antenna with broad bandwidth and end-fire radiation is introduced which can be easily integrated into the smartphone antenna system. Due to its good performance and simple structures, the proposed smartphone antenna array design is a good candidate for future multi-mode 5G cellular applications.

scholarly journals Conformal Quad-Port UWB MIMO Antenna for Body-Worn Applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Thennarasi Govindan ◽  
Sandeep Kumar Palaniswamy ◽  
Malathi Kanagasabai ◽  
Sachin Kumar ◽  
Thipparaju Rama Rao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Absorption Rate ◽  
Specific Absorption Rate ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Unit Element ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Multiple Input ◽  
Input Multiple Output ◽  
Peak Gain

A conformal four-port multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna operating at 2.4 GHz and ultrawideband (UWB) is presented for wearable applications. The unit element of the MIMO antenna is a simple rectangular monopole with an impedance bandwidth of 8.9 GHz (3.1–12 GHz). In the monopole radiator, stubs are introduced to achieve 2.4 GHz resonance. Also, a defect is introduced in the ground plane to reduce backside radiation. The efficiency of the proposed antenna is greater than 95%, and its peak gain is 3.1 dBi. The MIMO antenna has an isolation of >20 dB, and the estimated specific absorption rate (SAR) values for 1 gm of tissue are below 1.6 W/Kg. The size of the four-port MIMO antenna is 1.38λ0 × 0.08λ0 × 0.014λ0.

Cuboidal quad-port UWB-MIMO antenna with WLAN rejection using spiral EBG structures

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Sumon Modak ◽  
Taimoor Khan
Keyword(s):  
Close Agreement ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Antenna System ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Electromagnetic Bandgap ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Simulated Performance ◽  
Notched Band ◽  
Multiple Input ◽  
Band Characteristic

Abstract This study presents a novel configuration of a cuboidal quad-port ultra-wideband multiple-input and multiple-output antenna with WLAN rejection characteristics. The designed antenna consists of four F-shaped elements backed by a partial ground plane. A 50 Ω microstrip line is used to feed the proposed structure. The geometry of the suggested antenna exhibits an overall size of 23 × 23 × 19 mm3, and the antenna produces an operational bandwidth of 7.6 GHz (3.1–10.7 GHz). The notched band characteristic at 5.4 GHz is accomplished by loading a pair of spiral electromagnetic bandgap structures over the ground plane. Besides this, other diversity features such as envelope correlation coefficient, and diversity gain are also evaluated. Furthermore, the proposed antenna system provides an isolation of −15 dB without using any decoupling structure. Therefore, to validate the reported design, a prototype is fabricated and characterized. The overall simulated performance is observed in very close agreement with it's measured counterpart.

scholarly journals Triangular Slot-Loaded Wideband Planar Rectangular Antenna Array for Millimeter-Wave 5G Applications

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 778
Author(s):  
Iftikhar Ahmad ◽  
Houjun Sun ◽  
Umair Rafique ◽  
Zhang Yi
Keyword(s):  
Antenna Array ◽  
Millimeter Wave ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Simulated Data ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Single Antenna ◽  
Rectangular Patch ◽  
Half Power

This paper presents a design of a triangular slot-loaded planar rectangular antenna array for wideband millimeter-wave (mm-wave) 5G communication systems. The proposed array realizes an overall size of 35.5 × 14.85 mm2. To excite the array elements, a four-way broadband corporate feeding network was designed and analyzed. The proposed array offered a measured impedance bandwidth in two different frequency ranges, i.e., from 23 to 24.6 GHz and from 26 to 45 GHz. The single-antenna element of the array consists of a rectangular patch radiator with a triangular slot. The partial ground plane was used at the bottom side of the substrate to obtain a wide impedance bandwidth. The peak gain in the proposed array is ≈12 dBi with a radiation efficiency of >90%. Furthermore, the array gives a half-power beamwidth (HPBW) of as low as 12.5°. The proposed array has been fabricated and measured, and it has been observed that the measured results are in agreement with the simulated data.

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