Mutual Coupling Reduction of MIMO Antenna Array Using Meta-FCRR

In order to reduce mutual coupling interference of between both adjacent antenna elements, a practical scheme for metamaterial is reported in this paper. The study shows that the permittivity and permeability of metamaterial based on fold complementary ring resonator (FCRR) can well be anastomosed in electromagnetic field. The antenna array using co-planar waveguide mode to expound the multiple input multiple output (MIMO) performance are further proposed. The results of simulated antenna array with FCRR indicate that the coupling of about 30.5 dB, 14 dB and 20.2 dB are reduced at resonance frequency (at 2.4 GHz, 6.15 GHz and 9.2 GHz). Meanwhile the experimental measure results can meet the simulation data. Additionally, the envelope correlation coefficient (ECC), diversity gain (DG), voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) are better characteristics in contrasting to without FCRR, making the solution viable for MIMO antenna arrays.