8 X 4 mm-Wave 3D Printed MIMO Antenna for 5G Wireless Communication

Alkaraki, Shaker; Jilani, Syeda Fizzah; Kelly, James; Gao, Yue; Stremsdoerfer, Samuel; Gayets, Edouard Des

Abstract

A 3D printed 8 X 4 mm-wave multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna is presented in this paper. The proposed MIMO has an overall dimensions of 106.3 mm X 75.7 mm and it operates at 28 GHz mm-wave band. The proposed MIMO consists of 32 single elements where, each of the MIMO element consists of two structures. The first structure of each element is a feeding layer and the second is a radiating structure which is the 3D printed antenna. The radiating structure consists of a slot antenna surrounded by cavity and corrugations that improve the gain of the antenna. Furthermore, the proposed MIMO has 16 elements radiate in the boresight direction and 16 elements with side wall that radiates in different directions covers the elevation plane. Hence, the proposed MIMO provides beam switching functionalities up to ∓30° in the elevation by switching between different element that have different wall heights.

Citation

Alkaraki, S., Jilani, S. F., Kelly, J., Gao, Y., Stremsdoerfer, S., & Gayets, E. D. (2021, March). 8 X 4 mm-Wave 3D Printed MIMO Antenna for 5G Wireless Communication. Presented at 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021, Dusseldorf, Germany

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021
• Start Date: Mar 22, 2021
• End Date: Mar 26, 2021
• Acceptance Date: Mar 22, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Apr 27, 2021
• Publication Date: Mar 22, 2021
• Deposit Date: Sep 26, 2023
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 2348-2351
• Book Title: 2021 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
• ISBN: 9781728188454
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411276
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/25077280
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9411276