A Broadband LTE/WWAN Antenna Design for Tablet PC

Author

Chang, Shih-Hsun ; Liao, Wen-Jiao

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

60

Issue

9

fYear

2012

Firstpage

4354

Lastpage

4359

Abstract

A broadband yet compact antenna design applicable to tablets and laptops is proposed. The antenna provides an extensive coverage for existing and upcoming mobile communication bands. Several band broadening and antenna miniaturization techniques were employed, including the use of a parasitic element, meandered structures, branched structures and a lump component. The proposed design is planar, compact and can be fabricated via printed circuit board technology. Measurement results exhibits broad resonant bandwidth. Nearly omni-directional patterns and reasonable radiation efficiency are observed.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; mobile antennas; notebook computers; printed circuits; wide area networks; antenna miniaturization techniques; branched structures; broadband LTE-WWAN antenna design; compact antenna design; laptops; lump component; meandered structures; mobile communication bands; omnidirectional patterns; parasitic element; printed circuit board technology; tablet PC; tablets; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Current distribution; Inductors; Reflection; Antenna miniaturization; LTE; broadband antenna; multiband antenna; portable device antenna;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2012.2207075

Filename

6231666