Title :
A compact printed 4×4 MIMO-UWB antenna with WLAN band rejection
Author :
Nguyen Khac Kiem ; Huynh Nguyen Bao Phuong ; Quang Ngoc Hieu ; DaoNgoc Chien
Author_Institution :
Vietnam, Hanoi Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hanoi, Vietnam
Abstract :
In this paper, a 4×4 MIMO-UWB antenna rejected WLAN band based on Electromagnetic Bandgap (EBG) is presented. The MIMO antenna is printed on a FR4_epoxy substrate with the dielectric constant of 4.4 and a thickness of 1.6 mm. A mushroom-like EBG is used to reject the WLAN frequency at 5.5 GHz. In order to reduce the mutual coupling of the antenna, a stub structure acting as multi-mode microstrip resonator is inserted to suppress the effect of surface current to the elements of the proposed antenna. The results demonstrate that the mutual coupling is reduced and the values of all isolation coefficients are below -15 dB. The antenna has a compact size of 60mm×60 mm.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; microstrip antenna arrays; microstrip resonators; microwave resonators; photonic band gap; ultra wideband antennas; wireless LAN; FR4_epoxy substrate; WLAN band rejection; antenna mutual coupling reduction; compact printed 4×4 MIMO-UWB antenna; dielectric constant; electromagnetic bandgap; frequency 5.5 GHz; multimode microstrip resonator; mushroom-like EBG; size 1.6 mm; stub structure; surface current effect suppression; MIMO; Metamaterials; Mutual coupling; Periodic structures; Ultra wideband antennas; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6711781
