TY - GEN
T1 - Study on Antenna Mutual Coupling Suppression Using Integrated Metasurface Isolator for SAR and MIMO Applications
AU - Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad
AU - Virdee, Bal Singh
AU - See, Chan H.
AU - Abd-Alhameed, Raed
AU - Falcone, Francisco
AU - Andujar, Aurora
AU - Anguera, Jaume
AU - Limiti, Ernesto
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work is partially supported by innovation programme under grant agreement H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016 SECRET-722424 and the financial support from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under grant EP/E022936/1.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 European Microwave Association.
PY - 2018/11/26
Y1 - 2018/11/26
N2 - A metasurface based decoupling structure that is composed of a square-wave slot pattern with exaggerated corners that is implemented on a rectangular microstrip provides high-isolation between adjacent patch antennas for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MIMO) systems. The proposed 1×2 symmetric array antenna integrated with the proposed decoupling isolation structure is designed to operate at ISM bands of X, Ku, K, and Ka. With the proposed mutual coupling suppression technique (i) the average isolation in the respective ISM bands listed above is 7 dB, 10 dB, 5 dB, and 10 dB; and (ii) edge-to-edge gap between adjacent radiation elements is reduced to 10 mm (0.28λ). The average antenna gain improvement with the metasurface isolator is 2 dBi.
AB - A metasurface based decoupling structure that is composed of a square-wave slot pattern with exaggerated corners that is implemented on a rectangular microstrip provides high-isolation between adjacent patch antennas for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MIMO) systems. The proposed 1×2 symmetric array antenna integrated with the proposed decoupling isolation structure is designed to operate at ISM bands of X, Ku, K, and Ka. With the proposed mutual coupling suppression technique (i) the average isolation in the respective ISM bands listed above is 7 dB, 10 dB, 5 dB, and 10 dB; and (ii) edge-to-edge gap between adjacent radiation elements is reduced to 10 mm (0.28λ). The average antenna gain improvement with the metasurface isolator is 2 dBi.
KW - MIMO
KW - Mutual coupling suppression
KW - decoupling
KW - metasurface
KW - synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060365522&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.23919/EuRAD.2018.8546596
DO - 10.23919/EuRAD.2018.8546596
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85060365522
T3 - 2018 15th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2018
SP - 405
EP - 408
BT - 2018 15th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 15th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2018
Y2 - 26 September 2018 through 28 September 2018
ER -