Performance Evaluation of Wideband Dual Port Octagonal-Shaped Millimeter-Wave MIMO Antenna for Satellite Communication

A printed MIMO antenna specifically designed for small satellite communication has been presented in this paper. The antenna is invented of two radiators resonating at millimeter-wave and constructed using Rogers’s RT duroid 5880. The design includes two identical octagonal patches with a diamond-shaped slot and having two quadrilateral notches. These elements are placed over a substrate and connected to a microstrip transmission line that embeds a quarter-wave transformer. To establish the effectiveness of the MIMO antenna being proposed, a comparative analysis is conducted between its simulated and experimental performance. Each radiator in the antenna setup includes partial ground, which forms the back layer of the substrate. The design is simulated on the CST tool, and measurements are conducted on a Rohde and Schwarz vector network analyzer. The obtained results show a favorable level of agreement with the simulated outcomes, validating the effectiveness of the proposed MIMO antenna. The antenna design offers exceptional features such as wide bandwidth, self-isolated, high gain, and a directional radiation pattern while also supporting a wide frequency band, making it an ideal choice for 28 GHz band applications. The performance of MIMO antennas in diversity can be determined using parameters such as envelope correlation coefficient (ECC), diversity gain (DG), and total active reflection coefficient (TARC). Satellite communication will be improved by implementing the suggested MIMO antenna through upgrading small satellite communication systems.