Investigation on the Mutual Coupling Reduction in MIMO Antenna using Dual Split CSRR EBG

Abstract

In many applications, it is now desirable to prevent a device from being affected by an external electromagnetic field or prevent the device's intrusion into the electromagnetic field. The elimination or reduction of coupling between neighbouring systems is desired, and this is achieved through the use of electromagnetic shields and absorbers. This project focuses on an investigation that analysed the band-gap region for unit cell EBG simulation and unit cell array simulation. It is revealed that unit cell simulation provides an accurate result where the band-gap region is from 2 GHz to 3.5 GHz. The performance of the EBG is validated using a microstrip MIMO antenna. Using EBG, the S21 is reduced from -18.63 dB to -28.80 dB. Meanwhile, the MIMO antenna gain with the proposed EBG is 2.78 dBi, greater than MIMO antenna without EBG (2.47 dBi).