Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna technology refers to an antenna with
multiple radiators at both transmitter and receiver ends. It is designed to increase the data rate in
wireless communication systems by achieving multiple channels occupying the same bandwidth
in a multipath environment. The main drawback associated with this technology is the coupling
between the radiating elements. A MIMO antenna system merely acts as an antenna array if the
coupling between the radiating elements is high. For this reason, strong decoupling between the
radiating elements should be achieved, in order to utilize the benefits of MIMO technology.
The main objectives of this thesis are to investigate and implement several printed MIMO
antenna geometries with integrated decoupling approaches for WLAN, WiMAX, and 5G
applications. The characteristics of MIMO antenna performance have been reported in terms of
scattering parameters, envelope correlation coefficient (ECC), total active reflection coefficient
(TARC), channel capacity loss (CCL), diversity gain (DG), antenna efficiency, antenna peak gain
and antenna radiation patterns.
Three new 2×2 MIMO array antennas are proposed, covering dual and multiple spectrum
bandwidths for WLAN (2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz) and WiMAX (3.5 GHz) applications. These designs
employ a combination of DGS and neutralization line methods to reduce the coupling caused by
the surface current in the ground plane and between the radiating antenna elements. The minimum
achieved isolation between the MIMO antennas is found to be better than 15 dB and in some
bands exceeds 30 dB. The matching impedance is improved and the correlation coefficient values
achieved for all three antennas are very low. In addition, the diversity gains over all spectrum
bands are very close to the ideal value (DG = 10 dB).
The forth proposed MIMO antenna is a compact dual-band MIMO antenna operating at
WLAN bands (2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz). The antenna structure consists of two concentric double square
rings radiating elements printed symmetrically. A new method is applied which combines the
defected ground structure (DGS) decoupling method with five parasitic elements to reduce the
coupling between the radiating antennas in the two required bands.
A metamaterial-based isolation enhancement structure is investigated in the fifth proposed
MIMO antenna design. This MIMO antenna consists of two dual-band arc-shaped radiating
elements working in WLAN and Sub-6 GHz 5th generation (5G) bands. The antenna placement
and orientation decoupling method is applied to improve the isolation in the second band while
four split-ring resonators (SRRs) are added between the radiating elements to enhance the
isolation in the first band.
All the designs presented in this thesis have been fabricated and measured, with the simulated
and measured results agreeing well in most cases. / Higher Committee for Education Development in Iraq (HCED)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/18427 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Salah, Adham M.S. |
| Contributors | Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Excell, Peter S., McEwan, Neil J., Noras, James M. |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, Faculty of Engineering and Informatics |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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