Compact antenna structures for mobile handsets

Author

Villanen, Juha ; Ollikainen, Jani ; Kivekäs, Outi ; Vainikainen, Pertti

Author_Institution

Radio Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

40

Abstract

In this paper, novel compact antenna structures for mobile handsets are studied. The antennas are based on non-resonant coupling elements, which are used to optimally couple to the characteristic wavemodes of the chassis. The resonances for the antenna structures are created with matching circuits. Two different antenna models are designed based on the novel antenna structure. From each model, single-band prototypes for the E-GSM900 and GSM1800 systems are constructed. The volume of the smaller antenna model is only 1.3 cm³. Both models meet the bandwidth and SAR requirements of the E-GSM900 and GSM1800 systems. Efficiencies are high and the radiation patterns are suitable for use in mobile handsets. The measurement results of the constructed prototypes suggest that the compact antenna structure studied in this paper has great potential for use in mobile handsets.

Keywords

Q-factor; UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; cellular radio; coupled circuits; mobile antennas; mobile handsets; E-GSM900; GSM1800; SAR; antenna resonances; chassis characteristic wavemodes; compact antenna structures; matching circuits; mobile handset antennas; nonresonant coupling elements; quality factor; radiation efficiency; radiation patterns; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Coupling circuits; Mobile antennas; Mobile handsets; Prototypes; Q factor; Resonance; Shape; Telephone sets;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003. VTC 2003-Fall. 2003 IEEE 58th

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7954-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2003.1284974

Filename

1284974