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A Quad Port MIMO Antenna Designed with an X-Shaped Decoupling Structure for Wideband Millimeter-Wave (mm-Wave) 5G FR2 New Radio (N258/N261) Bands Applications

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This article presents a newly developed quad port-MIMO antenna, showcasing notable advancements in performance and an extensive impedance bandwidth. The antenna design is founded on a symmetrical configuration, incorporating an X-shaped decoupling structure, alongside employing the multi-slit and multi-slot techniques. These enhancements culminate in a compact, low-profile antenna measuring 40 × 40 × 0.8 mm, while maintaining a remarkable wideband capability. For experimental purposes, the proposed antenna is fabricated using Roger RT/Duroid 5880 with a dielectric constant of 2.2 and a thickness of 0.8 mm. Our investigations reveal that the antenna's impedance bandwidth spans from 22.5 to 29.2 GHz (bandwidth of 6.7 GHz), ensuring isolation levels surpassing −27 dB. The designed MIMO antenna offers an envelope correlation coefficient of 0.004, a diversity gain of 10.0 dB and a peak gain of 4.25 dB. Remarkably, this antenna successfully balances wide bandwidth, compact dimensions, outstanding isolation and superior MIMO diversity metrics. These qualities make it a desirable choice for 5G new radio bands N258 (24.25–27.5 GHz) and N261 (27.5–28.35 GHz) applications.

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    Suverna Sengar & Praveen Kumar Malik

  2. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, IMPS College of Engineering and Technology, Malda, West Bengal, 732103, India

    Sudipta Das

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA

    Tanvir Islam

  4. Division of Research and Innovation, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Uttrakhand, 248007, India

    Rajesh Singh

  5. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Saveetha Engineering College, Saveetha Nagar, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 602105, India

    Sivaji Asha

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All authors contributed to the study, conception, design and simulations. Data collection, analysis, and simulation were performed by SS, PKM and SD. Additional input to analysis, model improvement, and simulation was given by TI, RS and SA. All authors contributed to complete the writing and presentation of the whole manuscript. All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

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Sengar, S., Malik, P.K., Das, S. et al. A Quad Port MIMO Antenna Designed with an X-Shaped Decoupling Structure for Wideband Millimeter-Wave (mm-Wave) 5G FR2 New Radio (N258/N261) Bands Applications. Wireless Pers Commun 134, 857–880 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-024-10934-6

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