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A Compact Wideband (22–44GHz) Printed $2 \times 4$ MIMO Array Antenna with High Gain for 26/28/38GHz Millimeter-Wave 5G Applications

Nour Elhouda Nasri

High School of Technology, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes 50050, Morocco

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Sudipta Das

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4555-7438

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, IMPS College of Engineering and Technology, West Bengal, India

E-mail Address: sudipta.das1985@gmail.com

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Mohammed El Ghzaoui

Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz-Fes, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco

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Boddapati Taraka Phani Madhav

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Samudrala Vara Kumari

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, NRI Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Mohammed Fattah

High School of Technology, Moulay Ismail University, Meknes 50050, Morocco

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218126623503000Cited by:3 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

In this work, a novel multiple input multiple output (MIMO) array antenna system with a large bandwidth and high gain has been simulated, analyzed, fabricated, and measured. The proposed antenna is structured in $2 \times 4$ patch configuration along with a cross shaped ground plane loaded with four square and one circular shaped defect. The projected antenna occupies a total size of $43.611 \times 43.611 \times 0.42 {mm}^{3}$ . Several slots in an elliptic form have been added to the patches to achieve the required results in terms of wide bandwidth and high gain. The MIMO antenna array is fabricated and experimentally tested to confirm the simulation results. The suggested MIMO array antenna offers an impedance bandwidth of 22GHz covering 22–44GHz wide range of frequencies with a high peak gain of 17dBi at 38GHz. The designed MIMO antenna offers superior diversity performance and it supports several 5G NR bands n257/n258/n259/n260/n261 in the mm-wave spectrum. The suggested MIMO antenna supports 5G application bands that are deployed in UK, USA, China, Europe, Canada, India, and Europe.

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