Slot-Type Mimo Antenna With Pattern and Circular Polarization Diversity for Mobile Applications

Abstract

Here we propose an L-shaped slot-type MIMO antenna with pattern and circular polarization diversity for WLAN applications. In order to maintain a low profile, the pattern and polarization diversities have been achieved without using additional supporting structures. Both the antenna elements are located at the corners of the same side of the ground plane. One of the antenna elements produces left hand circularly polarized (CP) waves whereas the other element produces right hand CP waves in (front) +z-direction. The senses of polarizations are opposite in (backward) −zdirection. CP waves have been generated using two orthogonal current modes, excited by locating the slots on the corner of the ground plane. The quadrature phase difference between the modes has been employed using the slot geometry. In other directions, the antenna correlation has been reduced using pattern diversity. The measured results confirm the simulated ones. The measured axial ratio bandwidth (< 3 dB) and the matching bandwidth (< −6 dB) are 380 MHz and 110 MHz, respectively. The envelop correlation coefficient is less than 0.1 in the operating band.

Characteristic mode analysis of two port semi‐circular arc‐shaped multiple‐input‐multiple‐output antenna with high isolation for 5G sub‐6 GHz and wireless local area network applications

“…In the existing literature, various techniques are devised to enhance the isolation between the antennas and at the same time maintaining the device volume at the optimum levels such that the antenna can be inserted in the present miniaturized wireless components. The techniques include neutralization line, 9 decoupling structure, 10 meta‐materials, 11 matching networks, 12 pattern diversity, 13 and altering antenna shape 14 . Another design challenge is developing the antenna system, covering wide variety of applications.…”