Title :
MEMS tunable antennas: Reaching for the 600 MHz-bands
Author :
Caporal Del Barrio, Samantha ; Morris, Art ; Pedersen, Gert F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark
Abstract :
Addressing low frequency bands is challenging on small platforms. Tunability is a promising solution to cover the bandwidth required for 4G mobile communication. The work presents two designs and shows that for comparable efficiency and bandwidth, the tunable antenna occupies half the volume required by the wide-band antenna.
Keywords :
broadband antennas; micromechanical devices; 4G mobile communication; MEMS tunable antenna; frequency 600 MHz; low frequency band antenna; wideband antenna; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Frequency measurement; Helical antennas; Mobile antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2014 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Palm Beach
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5690-9
DOI :
10.1109/APWC.2014.6905571
