MSRR metamaterial-based antenna system for MIMO applications

Author

Ayad, Hassan ; Khalil, A. ; Youssef, Habib ; Fadlallah, M. ; Ndagijimana, F. ; Saleh, Mohamad ; Jomaah, J.

Author_Institution

IMEP-LHAC, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France

fYear

2013

fDate

19-21 June 2013

Firstpage

376

Lastpage

380

Abstract

The work presented in this paper treats the performance of a system contributing two monopole antennas separated by means of a metamaterial-based surface at 2.4 GHz for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) applications. After introducing an electromagnetic study covering the performance of a unit cell MSRR, simulations are performed on a cell of two MSRRs in order to assure isolation in both directions. The functioning of two air-spaced monopoles is studied for the comparison with that of AMC-spaced antennas. It is found that for a separation distance of 1.5 mm, the monopole antennas can operate independently due to the perfect isolation ensured by the AMC surface; this is the core demand of a MIMO system. The envelope correlation of the system is also calculated and improved.

Keywords

MIMO communication; microwave metamaterials; monopole antenna arrays; resonators; AMC surface; AMC-spaced antennas; MIMO applications; MSRR metamaterial-based antenna system; air-spaced monopoles; electromagnetic study; envelope correlation; frequency 2.4 GHz; metamaterial-based surface; monopole antennas; multiple input multiple output applications; perfect isolation; unit cell; Antenna radiation patterns; Correlation; MIMO; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Wireless communication; Envelope Correlation; Metamaterials; Monopole Antenna; Multi Split Ring Resonator (MSRR); Multiple Input Multipole Output (MIMO);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT), 2013 Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beirut

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5306-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCITechnology.2013.6579583

Filename

6579583