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) Simulated far-field realized gain and radiation patterns of antennas with/without SI-SRRs at 4.0 GHz in (a) E-plane (ϕ = 90°) and (b) H-plane (ϕ = 0°) when antenna 1 is fed.