Design of a tunable compact antenna for digital video broadcasting handheld terminals

Author

Bao, X.L. ; Ammann, M.J. ; Shynu, S.V.

Author_Institution

CTVR Telecommun. Res. Centre, Dublin, Ireland

fYear

2009

fDate

16-17 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

461

Lastpage

464

Abstract

A tunable compact printed monopole antenna for digital video broadcast handheld terminals systems is presented. The antenna comprises a two segment inductor-loaded monopole strip connected to a plate on the opposite side of the substrate. By appropriate adjustment of inductor values the working frequency is shifted from 915 MHz to 470 MHz. The dimensions of the proposed monopole antenna can be significantly reduced by over 56% in comparison with the conventional monopole antenna and its dimension is 24 mm Ã— 120 mm. The radiation patterns are omnidirectional. The peak gains of the proposed monopole antenna at 470 MHz, 600 MHz and 860MHz are -1.5dBi, 0.74dBi, 2.0 dBi respectively.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; digital video broadcasting; electromagnetic induction; monopole antennas; digital video broadcast handheld terminals system; frequency 470 MHz; frequency 600 MHz; frequency 860 MHz; frequency 915 MHz; inductor value; inductor-loaded monopole strip antenna; radiation pattern; tunable compact printed monopole antenna; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Coaxial cables; Digital video broadcasting; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Inductors; Wireless LAN;

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.2009.5352531

Filename

5352531