Ultra-low profile tri-polarized antenna for WLAN/MIMO application

This paper presents a novel tri-orthogonal polarization antenna operating at 2.4 GHz with good prospective for WLAN and MIMO systems. The design is implemented by integrating dual polarized cross-slot antenna and zeroth-order resonant (ZOR) antenna. The total height of the antenna is 0.762 mm corresponding to 0.01λ
g
(where λ
g
is the guide wavelength at 2.4 GHz). Linear horizontal dual-polarization and vertical polarization radiation patterns are obtained by using cross-polarized slot antennas and ZOR array antenna respectively. The broadside gain provided by the slot radiation is 5.3 dBi while the azimuthal average gain of the ZOR antenna is about 1.2 dBi.