• DocumentCode
    1182827
  • 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
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    4/3/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    590
  • Lastpage
    591
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20030413
  • Filename
    1194125