Design of Metallic Via Based Octa-Port UWB MIMO Antenna for IoT Applications

Abstract

In this article, a Metallic Via(M-Via) based eight-port compact Ultra-Wideband (UWB) MIMO antenna is introduced for IoT applications. In proposed UWB MIMO antenna design, we employed a simple Metallic Via(M-Via) integration technique to achieve UWB bandwidth with a compact size of $54\times 54$ mm${}^3$. The important antenna parameters, such as reflection coefficient, mutual coupling, the Peak gain, radiation pattern, and radiation efficiency, are analysed. In addition, MIMO parameters such as ECC, DG, TARC, and CCL are experimentally analysed. Also, the proposed antenna is demonstrated in a real-time environment.

KEYWORDS:

• Eight-port MIMO antenna
• IoT antenna
• Metallic Vias
• UWB antenna
• UWB MIMO antenna

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Prabhu Palanisamy

Prabhu Palanisamy received his BE degree in electronics and communication engineering from Sudharsan Engg College, Tamil Nadu, India (affiliated to Anna University, Chennai) in 2010 and ME degree in communication systems from Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2013. Presently, he is working as an assistant professor in SRMIST and pursuing PhD degree in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at SRMIST, Chennai, India. His research interests include monopole antenna design, UWB antenna, MIMO antenna design.

Malarvizhi Subramani

Malarvizhi Subramani received her BE degree in electronics and communication engineering from Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India (affiliated to Madras University, Chennai) in 1989, ME degree in applied electronics from GCT Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, in 1990 and received a PhD degree in the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, in 2006. Presently, he is working as a professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at SRMIST, Chennai, India. His research interests include RF antenna design, wireless communication, VLSI signal processing. Email: [email protected]