Aperture tuned antennas for 3G-4G applications using MEMS digital variable capacitor

Author

Tornatta, P.A. ; Gaddi, Roberto

Author_Institution

Cavendish-Kinetics, San Jose, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

2-7 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Industrial design constraints coupled with increased frequency coverage required for today´s mobile Smart Phone handsets, are making it difficult to develop highly efficient broadband antenna solutions. This paper will show how antenna aperture tuning using a high performance MEMS (microelectromechanical system) Digital Variable Capacitor can improve antenna performance across all frequency bands for 3G and 4G LTE communications.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; aperture antennas; broadband antennas; capacitors; micromechanical devices; smart phones; 3G LTE communications; 4G LTE communications; Industrial design; MEMS digital variable capacitor; antenna aperture tuning; aperture tuned antennas; broadband antenna; frequency coverage; microelectromechanical system; mobile smart phone handsets; Aperture antennas; Capacitance; Capacitors; Performance evaluation; Tuning; 4G Mobile Communications; Antennas; Capacitors; Cellular Phones; Microelectromechanical Systems; Mobile Communications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6177-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697602

Filename

6697602