Directional MIMO Slot Antenna Array and its Application for ITU-R F.386-9 & IEEE 802.11ac

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Naghadeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naghadeh, Iran

2 Artificial Intelligence and Big data Automation Research Center, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran

3 Department of Electrical Engineering, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran

4 Department of Electrical Engineering, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran,

Abstract

In this article, a novel geometry for the multiple input multiple output (MIMO) array slot antenna with directive radiation patterns for WLAN (IEEE 802.11ac) & ITU applications is proposed. By using a two sub-element topology, a combined novel element is obtained. The proposed MIMO array slot antenna illustrates beneficences in terms of small size with physical dimensions of 8.5λh×8.5λh and relatively high front-to-back ratio without using reflectors and directors with approximately 20dB F/B. Therefore, a compact MIMO antenna array with high isolation among those the combined elements are obtained. The practicality of the proposed MIMO is validated by Simulated and measured results.

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