A Reconfigurable Antenna for LTE/WWAN Mobile Handset Applications

Author

Lee, S.W. ; Jung, H.S. ; Sung, Y.J.

Author_Institution

Electron. Eng. Dept., Kyonggi Univ., Suwon, South Korea

Volume

14

fYear

2015

fDate

2015

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

51

Abstract

In this letter, a reconfigurable antenna for mobile handset applications is proposed. This antenna mainly consists of a longer strip, a shorter strip, and a p-i-n diode. Coupling is generated at the gap between the longer strip and the shorter strip. Depending on the different states of the p-i-n diode, the degree of coupling between them is controlled, and the fundamental resonant frequency of the proposed antenna is adjusted. As a result, the proposed antenna in the low band covers the LTE700/GSM850/900 bands. The high band is formed by combining higher-order mode of the longer strip and quarter-wavelength mode of the shorter strip to cover the GSM1800/1900/UMTS/LTE2300/2500 bands.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; cellular radio; mobile antennas; mobile handsets; p-i-n diodes; wide area networks; GSM1800/1900/UMTS/LTE2300/2500 bands; LTE700/GSM850/900 bands; WWAN; degree of coupling; fundamental resonant frequency adjustment; higher order mode; mobile handset applications; p-i-n diode; quarter wavelength mode; reconfigurable antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Mobile antennas; Mobile handsets; PIN photodiodes; Resonant frequency; Mobile handset antenna; reconfigurable antenna;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2014.2354834

Filename

6892978