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Correlation Reduction in Closely-Spaced MIMO Antenna with Circular Polarization Diversity

  • Ubaid Ullah
  • , Muath Al-Hasan
  • , Ismail Ben Mabrouk
  • , Slawomir Koziel
  • , Qammer Abbasi
  • , Akram Alomainy
  • Al Ain University of Science and Technology
  • Reykjavík University
  • University of Glasgow
  • Queen Mary University of London

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Abstract

Radiator correlation in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna has always been a serious concern for MIMO systems. In this paper, an antenna consisting of two parallel-placed coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed radiators engineered on a common coplanar ground plane is presented. The antenna is designed with three parallel coplanar ground planes and two feed lines. The two outermost ground planes are systematically modified by etching a slot to form a quasi-loop, whereas the middle ground plane is made asymmetric along the feeding line. The current flowing on the edges of the quasi-loops generates opposite senses of circular polarization due to switched positioning of the slotted ground plane with respect to the feedline. This induces polarization diversity in the antenna. The proposed structure with circular polarization diversity features a low level of envelop correlation coefficient (ECC), < 0.005. Moreover, a wide impedance bandwidth (\vert \mathrm{S}_{11}\vert \leq-10\ \text{dB}) and axial ratio (AR) bandwidth of approximately 38.5% from 4.7 GHz to 6.7 GHz. The average in-band isolation is (\vert \mathrm{S}_{21}\vert \leq-15\ \text{dB}) with the peak realized gain of 3.15 dBic when operated with the bi-directional radiation characteristics in the \pm z-direction.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, IEEECONF 2020 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1483-1484
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781728166704
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jul 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, IEEECONF 2020 - Virtually, Toronto, Canada
Duration: 5 Jul 202010 Jul 2020

Publication series

Name2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, IEEECONF 2020 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, IEEECONF 2020
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVirtually, Toronto
Period5/07/2010/07/20

Keywords

  • Circular Polarization
  • MIMO Antenna
  • Polarization Diversity

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