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2024-06-13
A Compact Two-Port Vivaldi-Based MIMO Antenna with High Isolation for C and X Bands Applications
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 120, 95-101, 2024
Abstract
This paper presents a broadband high-isolated MIMO antenna operating in the C and X bands simultaneously. The antenna is expected to be applied in wireless systems such as satellites and radar. A modified Vivaldi element is firstly designed by etching a rectangular structure out of the top metal, and then arranged symmetrically to form a 2-element broadband MIMO antenna with element spacing of 0.28λ (λ is the wavelength at 9 GHz). The operating frequency the MIMO antenna in terms of S11 ≤ -9.0 dB is from 4.0 GHz to 13.5 GHz. However, the mutual coupling between the two elements is quite strong, which can be as high as 8.0 dB, indicating a severe mutual coupling effect between the elements. To improve the isolation level, a defect-ground structure (DGS) is designed and loaded on the ground plane. The decoupling structure of the DGS achieves decoupling in the C and X bands, with a particular emphasis on decoupling in the C band by blocking the current flow between antenna elements. The simulated result shows that the S21 can be lowered to less than -23.4 dB across the whole operating frequency region, i.e., an isolation improvement of 15 dB is achieved. A prototype is fabricated and measured. The measured results are in good agreement with the simulated ones, indicating that the designed broadband MIMO antenna is a good candidate for reliable communication in the C and X bands.
Citation
Rong Li, Haoyu Zhang, Yanhong Xu, and Jianqiang Hou, "A Compact Two-Port Vivaldi-Based MIMO Antenna with High Isolation for C and X Bands Applications," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 120, 95-101, 2024.
doi:10.2528/PIERL24040501
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