Title :
A cost-efficient printed Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) design via selective antenna area thickening/thinning for mobile devices
Author :
Pongpaibool, P. ; Wallada, W. ; Siwamogsatham, S.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Electron. & Comput. Technol. Center, Pathumthani, Thailand
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a cost-efficient printed multi-zone printed Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) structure based on a selective antenna area dimensioning design approach. In the proposed design, the top plate and the ground plane of PIFA both contain some relatively small triangle-shape areas located near the feed point. These small feed areas are made significantly thicker than other antenna areas. The simulation results show that the proposed PIFA design can considerably reduce the amount of conductive ink required to produce the antenna by as much as 60%.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; planar inverted-F antennas; conductive ink; cost-efficient printed planar inverted-F antenna design; feed point; ground plane; mobile devices; printed PIFA design; printed multizone printed PIFA structure; selective antenna area dimensioning design approach; selective antenna area thickening; selective antenna area thinning; top plate; triangle-shape area; Antenna feeds; Dipole antennas; Grounding; Ink; Mobile antennas; PIFA; low-cost antenna design; printed antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2014 IEEE 3rd Global Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
DOI :
10.1109/GCCE.2014.7031327
