Meandered H-Shaped Slot-line Quad-Band Frequency Reconfigurable MIMO Antenna

Rifaqat Hussain, Muhammad U. Khan, Mohammad S. Sharawi

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Abstract

In this paper, we have proposed a miniaturized meandered slot-line based quad-band multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system. The proposed design consists of 2-elements meandered slot-line antenna with an H-shaped configuration. The antenna is made frequency reconfigurable using varactor diode by reactively loading the slot structure. The quad-band antenna design is reconfigurable over all the resonating bands. The meandered slot-line structure with reactive loading resulted in a size reduction of 94% as compared to conventional patch antenna and 36% compared to meandered slot antenna. The proposed antenna design operates in the frequency bands from 0.665-1.13 GHz, 1.415-2.005 GHz, 2.42-3.09 GHz and 3.18-3.89 GHz bands, thus covering most of the modern communication standards. The proposed 2-element design is fabricated on a substrate board of dimensions 60×120×0.76 mm3 using an RO4350 substrate. The proposed design is well-suited for wireless handheld devices to be used in the second generation cognitive radio (CR) front end applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9788890701887
StatePublished - Mar 2019

Publication series

Name13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2019

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 European Association on Antennas and Propagation.

Keywords

  • Frequency Agile
  • MIMO Antenna
  • Miniaturized
  • Quad-band
  • Slot-line

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Instrumentation

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