• DocumentCode
    1175909
  • Title

    Meandered multiband PIFA with coplanar parasitic patches

  • Author

    Kärkkäinen, Mikko K.

  • Author_Institution
    Radio Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    630
  • Lastpage
    632
  • Abstract
    A meandered multiband planar inverted-F antenna with two coplanar parasitic patches is presented. The antenna has a very wide impedance bandwidth of 743 MHz covering the frequencies from 1.765 to 2.508 GHz with the return loss Lrtn ≥ 6 dB. The antenna also operates in the GSM band with a high radiation efficiency.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; 1.765 to 2.508 GHz; 743 MHz; coplanar parasitic patches; handset antennas; meandered multiband PIFA; multiband planar inverted-F antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Electromagnetic measurements; Frequency; GSM; Impedance; Mass production; Probes; Prototypes; Handset antennas; multiband antennas; planar inverted-F antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1531-1309
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LMWC.2005.856692
  • Filename
    1512203