An Ultra-Wide-Band non-Conventional two Element MIMO Antenna

This paper describes a planar Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna designed for Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) applications. The configuration consists of two identical non-conventional parallel pieces. Each element is optimized using Genetic Algorithm code created in the CST microwave studio's visual basic scripting (VBS) environment. T-shaped is appropriate for parallel and. The suggested MIMO antenna attains operating band of over 171.4% on (2 - 26 GHz), ECC less than 0.01 and Diversity Gain (DG) more than 9.98 were obtained. The proposed structure is designed on the Rogers RT6002 substrate with a dielectric constant of 2.94, a height of 1.52mm, and a loss tangent of 0.0012. The simulated isolation between ports is better than -20?dB in most bandwidth. The proposed antenna is well-suited for UWB MIMO applications. 

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