Design and Implementation of Quad-Element Super-Wideband MIMO Antenna for IoT Applications

In this article, a low-profile, compact, quad-port super-wideband (SWB) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna is presented for the internet of things (IoT) applications. The proposed antenna comprises four identical sickle-shaped resonating elements, which are excited by tapered coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed lines. The antenna elements are arranged in rotational symmetry (mutually orthogonal to each other) to achieve high port isolation. A complementary slot, which matches the sickle-shaped radiator, is etched from the ground of the proposed monopole antenna element to achieve massive bandwidth. The MIMO antenna possesses a resonating bandwidth (vertical bar S-11 vertical bar <= -10 dB) of 1.3-40 GHz and a bandwidth ratio of 31:1. In addition, an L-shaped slit and a complementary split-ring resonator (CSRR) are introduced in the sickle-shaped radiator to reject Bluetooth (2.4 GHz), WLAN (5.5 GHz), and downlink of X-band satellite communication (7.5 GHz) signals from the SWB. The proposed MIMO antenna is fabricated and experimental results are found in agreement with the simulated results.