An FSS-Based Nonplanar Quad-Element UWB-MIMO Antenna System

In this letter, a low-profile, miniaturized four-element ultrawideband (UWB) antenna for four-port multiple-input- multiple-output (MIMO) configuration is proposed. The MIMO antenna elements are organized in a cuboidal geometry around a polystyrene block. An inverted L-shaped structure provides decoupling among the antenna elements. This structure is frequency-selective-surface-based and has slotted V-shapes etched in it. In addition to that, a square spiral parasitic structure improves input impedance matching over the desired frequency band. Antenna elements are realized on low-profile FR-4 substrate having compact dimensions of 32 × 36 × 1.5mm 3 . The proposed three-dimensional (3-D) UWB-MIMO system achieves good impedance matching and an effective isolation of 20 dB among antenna elements in most of the band. The reported configuration is suitable for nonplanar/3-D system-in-package applications where a planar arrangement of four elements is not possible due to size limitations.