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Abstract

A compact directional MIMO antenna operating in 2.4 and 5 GHz wireless local area network (WLAN) bands is presented. The compactness of the proposed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna can be attained through using miniaturized antenna elements and meanwhile employing an extremely narrow edge-to-edge inter-element space (3 mm). Two novel miniaturized planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) elements which share a common ground are designed, and each element has a dimension of 31 mm × 17 mm and a profile of 4.2 mm. By etching three slots on the ground, the port isolation can be significantly enhanced, which can even reach a maximum of 54 dB at 2.45 GHz. A desirable directional radiation pattern is obtained, and the calculated envelope correlation coefficient is better than 0.01.

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