A Compact CSRR-Enabled UWB Diversity Antenna

The purpose of this letter is to introduce a compact ultrawideband (UWB) diversity antenna with a very low envelope correlation coefficient (ECC). The design employs a hybrid isolation enhancing and miniaturization technique. The antenna consists of two counter facing monopoles, and is miniaturized by using not only inverted-L stubs but also a complementary split-ring resonator (CSRR) on the ground plane. The added components enhance isolation and enable tighter packing of the antennas. The result is a very compact multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) array with an overall size of 23 $\times$ 29 mm2 , which covers the entire UWB spectrum from 3 to 12 GHz, with mutual coupling lower than –15 dB. Moreover, the CSRR unit that acts as a resonator is applied for the first time to suppress the interference of RF currents flowing through the ground plane of this UWB-MIMO/diversity antenna. The performance of the fabricated prototype in terms of scattering parameters, broadside (peak) gain, radiation patterns, efficiency, and ECC is presented and discussed.

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