Title :
A dual-band monopole antenna for mobile communications
Author :
Ge, Yuehe ; Esselle, Karu P. ; Bird, Trevor S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
In this paper, a dual-band, compact, lightweight and low-cost surface-mount monopole antenna is proposed. This antenna can generate two separate resonant modes and operate in two frequency bands. The antenna has a monopole configuration, obtained by folding a metallic strip onto a low profile rectangular foam base, and is mounted on a substrate. It is fed by a 50 Ω microstrip line. A prototype of the proposed antenna has been fabricated and tested. The lower band covers the GSM900 band, and the upper band covers both DCS 1800 and PCS 1900 bands.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna testing; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; mobile antennas; mobile communication; monopole antennas; multifrequency antennas; DCS 1800; GSM900 band; PCS 1900; compact antenna; dual-band monopole antenna; low-cost surface-mount monopole antenna; metallic strip; microstrip line; mobile communications; Distributed control; Dual band; Frequency; Microstrip; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Personal communication networks; Prototypes; Resonance; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Applied Computational Electromagnetics, 2005. IEEE/ACES International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9068-7
DOI :
10.1109/WCACEM.2005.1469745
