Mutual Coupling Reduction with a Novel Fractal Electromagnetic Band Gap Structure

This work shows the effect of a novel fractal-based electromagnetic bandgap (FEBG) structure between dual planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) elements. The FEBG structure without any shorting pins builds on a well-known fractal structure called Sierpinski carpet, where two iterations have been applied as a uniplanar EBG between dual PIFAs elements to increase the isolation. The proposed antenna can o...