Near Zero Parameter Metamaterial Inspired Superstrate for Isolation Improvement in MIMO Wireless Application

Abstract

AbstractIn this paper, near zero parameter based metamaterial superstrate is presented for mutual coupling reduction in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna. The proposed design offers a peak isolation of 38 dB with edge-separation of 0.042λ0 at resonating frequency. To verify the simulations results, a prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated and experimentally measured. The two elements MIMO is designed with measured impedance bandwidth of 5.6 to 5.95 GHz with a peak measured gain of 7.4 dBi and efficiency above 95 %.The measurement established an isolation enhancement of 30 dB with minimum correlation coefficient of 0.05 within operating band. The proposed method offers a good design technique for high gain and closely packed MIMO antenna system for WLAN applications.