Higher Order MIMO Antenna Design Using Capacitively Coupled Meandered Loop Element for 5G Smartphone Applications

In this brief, a compact 10-element multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system for fifth generation (5G) wireless communication system is presented. The antenna structure has a T-shaped feeding element and a reduced size capacitively coupled meandered loop radiating element. The proposed MIMO antenna system is operating at 3.5 GHz. The MIMO antenna element is self-isolated and it has a compact size of13.45×6mm2. It exhibits very good isolation of more than 15 dB without using any external decoupling structure like a neutralization line or slot technique. Furthermore, performance parameters like total efficiency are around 40-64%, envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) is below 0.02, while gain of all antennas is between 3-3.4dBi. The performance of the proposed MIMO antenna is also verified through the measurement of its fabricated prototype. In this brief, a compact 10-element multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system for fifth generation (5G) wireless communication system is presented.