In this study, the design of a 2X2 MIMO microstrip antenna was proposed for LTE and 5G Sub-6GHz applications. The antenna is designed to have a wide bandwidth operating in the frequency range of 2300 MHz to 3600 MHz. The antenna material uses FR4 substrate which has a dielectric constant of 4.6 and a thickness of 1.6 mm. To achieve a wide bandwidth, the ground length is cut. Meanwhile, to achieve the resonant frequency using the square slot method on the radiator element. Antenna design begins with designing a single element shape, then designing a 2x2 MIMO antenna. The results of the MIMO2x2 antenna simulation show that the reflection coefficient and isolation coefficient of each antenna are below -10 dB. The results of the reflection coefficient of each antenna show that the bandwidth achieved is more than 2 GHz. At a frequency of 2300 MHz, the lowest gain is 2.98 dBi, while the highest gain is 3.10 dBi. The lowest and highest gains at a frequency of 3600 MHz are 3.83 dBi and 3.87 dBi. Overall, this antenna has achieved the desired goal, which is to have a wide bandwidth and be able to operate on LTE and 5G applications.
This study proposes a simple artificial magneto-dielectric (MD) antenna with a split-ring resonator (SRR) loaded in an array configuration. This SRR element is used to realize the MD characteristic that is beneficial for antenna miniaturization. The simulation of material permittivity and permeability is conducted to ensure that the proposed SRR-array configuration has the expected MD characteristic. Configurations of SRR in arrays of 3×3, 5×5, 7×7, and 9 × 9 are realized to obtain its radiation characteristics when embedded in the antenna ground plane. A rectangular patch antenna is used in this study. Based on the simulation, the proposed antenna with an SRR array of 5×5 achieves excellent MD characteristics with high permittivity and permeability of 32.44 and 51.39, respectively. Furthermore, a microstrip antenna loaded with the SRR 5×5 arrays are fabricated on RT/duroid 5880 substrate. It has a dimension of 0.31λ0 × 0.26λ0. The simulation and measurement results of the proposed antenna show a fractional bandwidth of 4.79% and 5.2% at 1.5 GHz; and a maximum gain of 5.20 dB and 4.95 dB, respectively. Good agreement between the simulated and the measured results was achieved.
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