Optically remote control of miniaturized 3D reconfigurable CRLH printed self-powered MIMO antenna array for 5G applications

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2022

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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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A novel design of a reconfigurable MIMO antenna array of a 3D geometry-based solar cell integration that is operating at sub-6 GHz for self-power applications in a 5G modern wireless communication network. The proposed antenna array provides three main frequency bands around 3.6 GHz, 3.9 GHz, and 4.9 GHz, with excellent matching impedance of S11 ≤ -10 dB. The proposed MIMO array is constructed from four antenna elements arranged on a cubical structure to provide a low mutual coupling, below -20 dB, over all frequency bands of interest. Each antenna element is excited with a coplanar waveguide (CPW). The proposed radiation patterns are controlled with two optical switches of Light Dependent Resistors (LDRs). The proposed antenna array is fabricated and tested experimentally in terms of S-parameters, gain and radiation patterns. The maximum gain is found to be 3.6 dBi, 6.9 dBi, and 3.5 dBi at 3.6 GHz, 3.9 GHz, and 4.9 GHz, respectively. It is realized that the proposed array realizes a significant beam forming by splitting the antenna beam and changing the main lobe direction at 3.9 GHz after changing LDR switching statuses. Such an antenna array is found to be very applicable for femtocell wireless communication networks in the 5G systems.

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5G, CRLH, LDR, Beam Steering, Optical Switching

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Micromachines (Basel)

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13

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12

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Al-Khaylani, H. H., Elwi, T. A., & Ibrahim, A. A. (2022). Optically remote control of miniaturized 3D reconfigurable CRLH printed self-powered MIMO antenna array for 5G applications. Micromachines, 13(12), 2061.