Tunable electrically small UHF PIFA-as-a-package

Author

Feldner, Lucas M. ; Rodenbeck, Christopher T. ; Christodoulou, Christos G.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Lab., Albuquerque, NM

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

185

Lastpage

188

Abstract

A tunable electrically small PIFA-as-a-package antenna for miniature wireless device applications has been developed using conventional printed circuit board processing techniques and commercial-off-the-shelf surface mount switches. The design is scalable to any frequency and form factor, while enabling adaptive tuning of the characteristically narrow band resonance of electrically small antennas. Our UHF prototype measures less than 2" (.08lambda) on its longest side and provides approximately -9 dBi of gain from 419-472 MHz. Simulated and measured results will be discussed in the presentation

Keywords

UHF antennas; planar inverted-F antennas; radiocommunication; 419 to 472 MHz; UHF PIFA-as-a-package; commercial-off-the-shelf surface mount switches; miniature wireless device applications; narrow band resonance; printed circuit board processing; tunable electrically small antennas; Antenna measurements; Circuit optimization; Frequency; Narrowband; Printed circuits; Switches; Switching circuits; Tunable circuits and devices; Tuning; UHF measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1710485

Filename

1710485