CPW-Fed UWB-MIMO Antenna with Triple-band Notched and High Isolation using Double Y-shaped Decoupling Structure

Abstract

A ultra-wideband (UWB) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna using double Y-shaped decoupling structure with high isolation and triple notched-band is presented. The designed antenna composed of two orthogonally placed monopole elements, coplanar ground and double Y-shaped branch. The defected substrate structure is used to achieve miniaturization. By slotting successively C-shaped slot, semi-circular slot and rectangular slot on the radiation patch and the ground, achieved three notched bands at 3.5 GHz WiMAX, 5.25 GHz WLAN, and 7.5 GHz X-band. The proposed antenna can operate in range of 2.56-12 GHz with triple notched bands of 3.31-3.96 GHz, 4.58-5.67 GHz and 6.57-8.16 GHz. Considering all the results, it can be concluded that the antenna presented has a great performance in terms of good radiation, high isolation (>24 dB), a low level ECC (<0.01) and a high DG level (>9.99), which proves the presented antenna has good prospect in UWB-MIMO systems.