Further bandwidth enhancement of PIFA by adding a parasitic element

Author

Chattha, H.T. ; Huang, Y. ; Lu, Y. ; Zhu, X.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

16-17 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

213

Lastpage

216

Abstract

The ultra wide band (UWB) systems require antennas having a very broad impedance bandwidth. The planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) is widely used in mobile and portable devices due to its excellent performance. But it is not used as an ultra wide band antenna as it is assumed to be a narrow band antenna. This paper is aimed at addressing this problem by introducing a PIFA antenna having a parasitic element. It is shown that due to the addition of this parasitic element, this PIFA can achieve a very wide bandwidth (more than 95%). Simulated and experimental results are provided to verify the conclusion.

Keywords

antenna accessories; planar inverted-F antennas; ultra wideband antennas; PIFA antenna; bandwidth enhancement; broad impedance bandwidth; narrow band antenna; parasitic element; planar inverted-F antenna; ultra wide band antenna; ultra wide band system; Antennas and propagation; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Feeds; Frequency; Impedance; Mobile antennas; Narrowband; Ultra wideband antennas; Wire; Antennas; PIFA; Planar antennas; broadband antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas & Propagation Conference, 2009. LAPC 2009. Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2720-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2721-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2009.5352441

Filename

5352441