Design of a Compact Multiband Monopole Antenna with MIMO Mutual Coupling Reduction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Design of Antenna Structure
2.1. The Compact Multiband Monopole Antenna
2.2. MIMO Antenna Mutual Coupling Reduction
3. Antenna Implementation and Measurement Results
3.1. The Compact Multiband Monopole Antenna
3.2. MIMO Mutual Coupling Reduction
3.3. Envelope Correlation Coefficient (ECC)
3.4. Channel Capacity Loss (CCL)
4. Comparative Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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30 | 10 | 5 | 14.5 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 3 | |
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0.5 | 1 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 4 | 1.6 |
Ref. | Decoupling Method | Isolation (dB) | ECC | Designable Suppression Frequencies (GHZ) | Add Components | No. of Antennas | |
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This paper | 30 × 40 × 1.6 | DGS | −26, −13 | <0.04 | 2.46, 3.47 | x | 2 monopoles |
[21] | x | Hilbert-shaped WG-MTM | −21.4 | x | 3.5 | x | 2 patches |
[20] | x | CSRs WG-MTM | −22.86 | x | 3.5 | x | 2 patches |
[19] | 40 × 58.3 × 4.75 | H-RRs MTM | −30 | <0.14 | 5.9 | v | 2 patches |
[18] | 66 × 66 × 0.13 | Pol. direction | <−20 | <0.005 | x | x | 4 dipoles |
[17] | 41 × 41 × 1.6 | Pol. direction and DGS | −21 | 0.032 | x | x | 4 monopoles |
[13] | 90 × 40 × 0.79 | neutralization lines | <−17 | <0.005 | x | x | 2 monopoles |
[12] | 36 × 18 × 1.6 | T-shaped stub | <−18 | <0.006 | x | x | 2 monopoles |
[8] | x | Insulator | −29 | x | 5 | x | 2 patches |
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Lin, C.-K.; Lin, D.-B.; Lin, H.-C.; Lin, C.-C. Design of a Compact Multiband Monopole Antenna with MIMO Mutual Coupling Reduction. Sensors 2024, 24, 5495. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175495
Lin C-K, Lin D-B, Lin H-C, Lin C-C. Design of a Compact Multiband Monopole Antenna with MIMO Mutual Coupling Reduction. Sensors. 2024; 24(17):5495. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175495
Chicago/Turabian StyleLin, Chang-Keng, Ding-Bing Lin, Han-Chang Lin, and Chang-Ching Lin. 2024. "Design of a Compact Multiband Monopole Antenna with MIMO Mutual Coupling Reduction" Sensors 24, no. 17: 5495. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175495