Research Article

Investigation of Planar Isolators for Mutual Coupling Reduction in Two-Dimensional Microstrip Antenna Arrays

Table 1

S-parameters of isolators in the 2 × 2 antenna array.

Antenna arrayS21 (dB)S31 (dB)S34 (dB)S24 (dB)Gain (dBi)Radiation efficiency (%)

Reference antenna array−21.6−22.9−23.2−23.03.4852.6
Case 1−26.9−28.1−27.4−30.03.2346.9
Case 2−28.7−29.0−29.3−29.13.0548.1
Case 3−23.6−27.8−23.9−29.63.4253.5
Case 4−26.3−28.6−25.8−29.23.4254.2