Abstract-A compact printed and planar Multiple-Input MultipleOutput (MIMO) for Ultra Wideband (UWB) communications is presented. Two circular disc monopole antenna elements constitute the proposed UWB-MIMO antenna operating over the frequency band of 3.2-10.6 GHz. The isolation between the antenna ports has been enhanced to the value of more than 15 dB throughout the frequency band of interest. This enhancement is achieved by taking the advantage of an inverted-Y shaped stub that is being inserted on the ground plane of UWB-MIMO antenna. The insertion of the stub has also facilitated reduction of the size of the antenna, i.e., overall dimensions of the antenna are 40 × 68 mm 2 . The proposed antenna is investigated both numerically and experimentally.
The conventional ultra-wide-band (UWB) antenna model is reviewed and assessed. A new UWB system "vision" is proposed and analyzed with analytic expressions. It is shown that this approach presents several practical advantages. Especially the models of the TX and RX antennas are independently separated from the propagation channel. The proposed method is illustrated with an example.
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