A compact self-decoupling dual band MIMO antenna

Abstract

This paper presents a compact self-decoupling dual band MIMO antenna that meets wireless local area network communication standards. The self-decoupling is taken place by purposely using a folded loop-shape element in the MIMO antenna. Furthermore, the feeding point of the element antenna is deliberately selected so as to produce both the two desired frequency bands. The whole loop structure is constructed to produce the lower frequency band while a portion of the loop is resonant to the higher frequency band. The MIMO antenna contains two folded loop-shape elements situated back-to-back with a closed inter-element distance of one-tenth wavelength of the lower band. The novelty of this MIMO antenna is attributed to the achievement of good isolation without using any other supplementary decoupling mechanisms. In addition, the properties of small in size, simple in structure, nearly omni-directional in radiation pattern with moderate radiation gain make the proposed MIMO antenna fully compatible and fairly attractive to the wireless and internet network applications.