A novel U-shaped planar microstrip antenna for dual-frequency mobile telephone communications

Author

Yang, Mingwu ; Chen, Yinchao

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., China

Volume

49

Issue

6

fYear

2001

fDate

6/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1002

Lastpage

1004

Abstract

We present a novel configuration of a U-shaped dual-frequency single feeding port planar inverted-F microstrip antenna for mobile communication applications in both the GSM and DCS 1800 systems operated at 0.9 and 1.8 GHz, respectively. Starting from an initial design derived from an empiric approximation and transmission line model for a standard rectangular microstrip antenna, we analyze, tune, and optimize the electric performance of the antenna and its dimensions by means of the generalized nonuniform finite-difference time-domain (NU-FDTD) Maxwell´s solver

Keywords

Maxwell equations; UHF antennas; finite difference time-domain analysis; land mobile radio; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; radiotelephony; 0.9 GHz; 1.8 GHz; DCS 1800 systems; GSM systems; NU-FDTD Maxwell´s solver; U-shaped planar microstrip antenna; UHF; antenna dimensions; antenna tuning; dual-frequency mobile telephone communications; electric performance; empiric approximation; generalized nonuniform finite-difference time-domain; planar inverted-F microstrip antenna; rectangular microstrip antenna; single feeding port microstrip antenna; transmission line model; Antenna feeds; Design optimization; Distributed control; GSM; Microstrip antennas; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Performance analysis; Planar transmission lines; Transmission line antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.931160

Filename

931160