Abstract: This paper proposes a miniaturized high-isolation MIMO textile antenna for 2.4GHz ISM band Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) applications. An inverted S-type radiating element is used to reduce the overall dimension of the proposed MIMO textile antenna with very compact size of 86 mm×40 mm×1.6 mm. The proposed MIMO antenna consists of S shaped type radiator, ground and two slots. The Defected Ground Structure (DGS) are introduced in the shared ground plane of the proposed MIMO textile antenna to produce high isolation between the antenna elements. By putting two slits in a ground plane the isolation characteristic is improved and the resonant frequency can be controlled. In general, textiles present a very low dielectric constant that reduces the surface wave losses and increases the performance of the antenna. The proposed MIMO textile antenna has been designed on jeans substrate with dielectric constant εr = 1.6 and 1.6mm thickness. The proposed MIMO.....
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