Self-decoupled tri band MIMO antenna operating over ISM, WLAN and C-band for 5G applications

Musa Hussain; Wahaj Abbas Awan; Mohammed S Alzaidi; Dalia H Elkamchouchi

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17404

Self-decoupled tri band MIMO antenna operating over ISM, WLAN and C-band for 5G applications

Heliyon. 2023 Jul 1;9(7):e17404. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17404. eCollection 2023 Jul.

Authors

Musa Hussain¹, Wahaj Abbas Awan², Mohammed S Alzaidi³, Dalia H Elkamchouchi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Electrical Engineering, Bahria University, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan.
² Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644, South Korea.
³ Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, P. O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Information Technology, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

For ISM, WLAN, and C-band applications, a multiple-stub loaded CPW feed tri-band antenna is presented in this study. The suggested antenna uses Rogers RT/Duroid 5880 substrate material with a 0.79 mm thickness. The antenna has a straightforward design, measures just 33 mm × 20 mm, and provides broad performance with excellent gain. A 4-port MIMO arrangement is subsequently used to fulfill the demands of upcoming 5G and 6G devices. The MIMO antenna contains little space between elements and offers a good value of < -30 dB isolation. The overall size of a 4-port MIMO antenna is M_W × M_L × H = 60 mm × 60 mm × 0.79 mm and offers a minimum value of ECC <0.0001. Besides ECC, the MIMO antenna also offers good results in terms of DG, CCL, and MEG. To validate the findings of the simulation, a hardware prototype of the suggested antenna is created. It is clear that the results from simulations and measurements coincide well. The proposed antenna was created with the aid of the software tool Ansoft HFSSv9. Also, the proposed work is evaluated against previously published material. The suggested antenna has a small size, a simple geometry, a wideband, high gain, and a good value for the MIMO parameters, according to the results and comparisons of the proposed work (in terms of ECC, DG, CCL, and MEG), and low spacing between elements, which makes it a promising candidate for future 5G devices operating over ISM, WLAN, and C-band applications.

Keywords: C-band.; ISM; MIMO antenna; Self-decoupled; WLAN.