Decoupling technique of patch antenna arrays with shared substrate by suppressing near-field magnetic coupling using magnetic metamaterials

Liu Zhaotang¹, Wang Jiafu^{1, †}, Qu Shaobo^{1, ‡}, Zhang Jieqiu¹, Ma Hua¹, Xu Zhuo², Zhang Anxue³

(color online) H-field vector distribution of the two closely packed patches (a) on xy plane and (b) on xz plane in the substrate at 4 GHz.