Title :
Diversity metal-plate planar inverted-F antenna for WLAN operation
Author :
Wong, Kin-Lu ; Chen, An-Chia ; Kuo, Yen-Liang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
fDate :
4/3/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A diversity metal-plate planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) mounted on a PCMCIA network card for WLAN operation in the 2.4 GHz band is presented. The diversity antenna comprises two back-to-back PIFAs, with their shorting plates facing each other, and has a small protruded length of 6 mm only, when the PCMCIA network card is inserted into the interface slot of a laptop. The antenna shows good antenna gain, and can provide spatial diversity to combat the multipath interference problem.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; diversity reception; memory cards; mobile antennas; wireless LAN; 2.4 GHz; PCMCIA network card; WLAN; antenna gain; diversity metal-plate planar inverted-F antenna; laptop interface slot; multipath interference; spatial diversity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030413
