Title :
A Basic Study on a Flexible Antenna for Wireless LAN of 2.4/5 GHz Application
Author :
Furuya, Hirotaka ; Guan, Ning ; Ito, Koichi
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd., Sakura
Abstract :
We developed a PIFA made of flexible printed circuit, which is available for Bluetooth and IEEE802.11a/b/g applications. We measured the characteristics of the antenna when it is folded along the coaxial cable. It is shown that the characteristics do not vary much when the angle of folding is less than 90deg. The performance is confirmed by a simulation based on the FDTD method. The antenna is expected to be installed in a small space or even a moving part of mobile devices.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; coaxial cables; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; planar inverted-F antennas; wireless LAN; Bluetooth; FDTD; IEEE802.11a/b/g; PIFA; coaxial cable; flexible printed circuit antenna; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 5 GHz; wireless LAN; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Bluetooth; Coaxial cables; Copper; Flexible printed circuits; Mobile antennas; Polyimides; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, 2008. iWAT 2008. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Chiba
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1522-9
DOI :
10.1109/IWAT.2008.4511393
