Composite right/left-handed coplanar strip leaky wave antenna for MIMO applications

In our previous report, the authors realized a slender omnidirectional leaky wave antenna with a single branch using CRLH line. This paper presents measurement results of a dual branch antenna orthogonally arranged the CRLH line. The diameter of the antenna including a cover is 0.14 wavelength at 3.5 GHz, and the antenna has high isolation characteristic.

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