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Two-Element Quad-Band MIMO Antenna Employing Meandered Arm Printed Inverted–F Antenna

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This article proposed a compact dual-element MIMO (multiple-input-multiple-output) antenna system working in 1.575 GHz (Global Positioning System)/4.5 GHz (5G)/5.8 GHz (Wireless Local Area Network)/6.4 GHz (Satellite communication) with relatively high isolation. The proposed antenna element consists of compact inverted-F antenna with meandered arm. One side of the T-shaped monopole antenna is extended and meandered while the other side is grounded to form the IFA structure. Meandering of the arm is responsible for the quad-band response. The proposed structure is simulated and fabricated on a FR4 substrate with an overall dimension of (0.23 λ0 × 0.09 λ0 × 0.004 λ0) and edge-to-edge separation of the two patches is 0.04 λ0, where λ0 is the wavelength at lower resonating frequency (1.575 GHz) of the proposed antenna. The high isolation is achieved by incorporating two inverted L-shaped strips and a narrow slot in the ground plane. Envelope correlation co-efficient (ECC) and channel capacity loss (CCL) are within their acceptable limits. Other different diversity parameters are evaluated and the results are satisfactory for MIMO applications.

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This work is partially funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Tele-Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, 711103, India

    Anupa Chatterjee & Monojit Mitra

  2. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Manas Midya

  3. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Siksha‘O’Anusandhan (deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, India

    Laxmi P. Mishra

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Chatterjee, A., Midya, M., Mishra, L.P. et al. Two-Element Quad-Band MIMO Antenna Employing Meandered Arm Printed Inverted–F Antenna. Wireless Pers Commun 126, 511–529 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-022-09756-1

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