A Low-Profile Pattern Reconfigurable MIMO Antenna

A low-profile pattern reconfigurable multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna is demonstrated in this paper. The antenna element is composed of a rectangular monopole and two sets of parasitic strips loaded with PIN diodes. The parasitic strips can operate as a reflector or a director by switching the PIN diodes on or off. As a result, the element provides a bidirectional mode and two directional modes. The MIMO antenna consists of two elements, which are arranged opposite to each other. Two decoupling strips are introduced to improve the isolation between the elements. The simulation and measurement results illustrate that the proposed antenna has nine pattern configurations. The overlapped bandwidth of the nine modes is 10.6%, and the isolation is greater than 16.5 dB. Also, a good diversity performance is obtained.