A 10-Ports MIMO Antenna System for 5G Smart-Phone Applications

This paper presents a 10-ports, hybrid multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system for 5G Smartphone applications. The proposed antenna system comprises two types of antenna modules: (1) multi-band module consists of two identical multiband antenna elements, each antenna element in this module covers the 2G bands (GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz), 3G band (UMTS 2100 MHz) and 4G bands (LTE 2300/2500), and (2) single-band module consists of eight identical L shape elements, each antenna element in this module covers the C-band (3400-3600 MHz) for 5G mobile application. The overall dimensions of the proposed antenna system are 150 × 80 mm2. The proposed antenna system is fabricated and tested. Experimental results show reflection coefficients better than -6 dB and -10 dB for multi-band and single-band modules, respectively, with high isolation levels between the antenna elements in both modules. Moreover, the measured envelop correlation coefficients (ECC) is well below 0.3 and 0.1 for the proposed multi-band and single-bands modules, respectively. In addition, single antenna elements in both modules show good radiation characteristics with maximum peak gain between 2 dBi and 4 dBi. Finally, 43 bps/Hz channel capacity is achieved in the single-band module. With these characteristics, the proposed antenna system can be a good candidate in the modern mobile communication systems.