• DocumentCode
    2694739
  • Title

    The folded inverted conformal antenna (FICA) for multi-band cellular phones

  • Author

    Di Nallo, Carlo ; Faraone, Antonio

  • Author_Institution
    EME Res. Lab., Motorola Corporate, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    3-8 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Abstract
    A multi-band internal antenna for mobile phones is realized by means of an elongated flat conductor featuring a closed slot, a ground leg, and a feed leg. A benchmark on a Motorola T192 handset is employed to illustrate the operation of this structure - called folded inverted conformal antenna (FICA) - showing that it provides significantly more radiating bandwidth that a conventional dual band PIFA under the same operating conditions. Because of its favorable performance, FICA is employed in several Motorola handsets in the consumer market.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; conformal antennas; mobile antennas; mobile handsets; multifrequency antennas; slot antennas; 1800 MHz; 900 MHz; FICA; closed slot; elongated flat conductor; feed leg; folded inverted conformal antenna; ground leg; mobile phone internal antenna; multiband cellular phones; radiating bandwidth; Antenna feeds; Bandwidth; Cellular phones; Conductors; Dual band; Leg; Mobile antennas; Mobile handsets; Slot antennas; Telephone sets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8883-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2005.1552737
  • Filename
    1552737