Table 5 State-of-the-art comparison.

From: An innovative antenna array with high inter element isolation for sub-6 GHz 5G MIMO communication systems

Ref

Design approach

Fractional bandwidth (%)

Isolation between radiators (dB)

Max. gain (dBi)

Max. eff. (%)

Design complexity

MIMO application

19

Orthogonal polarization

3.8

 > 12

Low

Yes

20

Tri-polarized

5.7

 > 10

70

Low

Yes

29

T-shaped slot

5.7

 > 11

2

90

Low

Yes

30

Self-decoupled

246

 > 7

85.1

Moderate

Yes

31

Multi-slot decoupling

12.2/15.4

 > 15.5

48/80

High

Yes

32

Decoupling network

19.5/51.1

 > 15

Low

Yes

33

Decoupling stub

24/4

 > 11.5

76.5/79

Low

Yes

This work

Matching stubs + dot-wall + DGP

58.82

 > 27

11.25

84

Low

Yes