A novel and compact wideband multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna for mobile terminals is presented. The proposed antenna operates over a wide frequency range of 1.79-3.77 GHz suitable for long-term evolution (LTE), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) and wireless local area network (WLAN) handheld devices. The MIMO antenna structure consists of two identical radiators with a small size of 10 × 17.7 mm 2 and a parasitic element with a T-shape. The radiators, which comprise four branches with a meandered strip feed, are symmetrically located with respect to the T-shaped parasitic element. The parasitic element is a novel design appended at the ground plane. By using this parasitic element, a better isolation performance has been achieved between the two radiators. The overall performance of the antenna in terms of s -parameters, radiation pattern, gain and envelope correlation coefficient is investigated and verified through measurements. The results obtained show that the proposed antenna has attractive physical properties due to being small, compact and embeddable in mobile handsets, and has good characteristics of wideband, isolation, gain and radiation pattern.
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