Fig 1.
Geometry of the proposed 2-element MIMO array.
Fig 2.
Simulate E-field distribution at 4.8 GHz of coupled and decoupled MIMO antennas.
Fig 3.
S-parameter of the decoupled and coupled MIMO antennas.
Fig 4.
Simulated |S11| and |S21| of the 2-element MIMO antenna for different values of Lp.
Fig 5.
Simulated |S11| and |S21| of the 2-element MIMO antenna for different values of lf.
Fig 6.
Simulated |S11| and |S21| of the 2-element MIMO antenna for different values of l.
Fig 7.
Simulated |S11| and |S21| of the 2-element MIMO antenna for different values of rv.
Fig 8.
Geometry of the proposed 1 × 4 MIMO antenna.
Fig 9.
Simulated S-parameter of different 1 × 4 MIMO antennas.
Fig 10.
Top view and bottom view of the fabricated 1 × 4 MIMO antenna array.
Fig 11.
Measured S-parameter of the proposed 1 × 4 MIMO antenna array.
Fig 12.
Measured realized gain of the proposed 1 × 4 MIMO antenna array.
Fig 13.
Measured radiation patterns at 4.8 GHz of the proposed 1 × 2 MIMO antenna array with different excitations.
Fig 14.
Calculated ECC and DG of the proposed 1 × 4 MIMO antenna array.
Table 1.
Comparison among microstrip patch MIMO antennas.
Fig 15.
Measurement of the proposed 1 × 4 MIMO antenna array in bending mode.
Fig 16.
Measurement S-parameter of the proposed 1 × 4 MIMO antenna array with different bending radius.