DocumentCode
673565
Title
A circuit model for the PIFA
Author
Villamil, Carlos ; Manteghi, Majid
Author_Institution
Bradley Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
7-13 July 2013
Firstpage
702
Lastpage
703
Abstract
The planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) is probably the most popular antenna in the modern mobile devices. Despite its popularity, currently there is no circuit model that accurately explains its input impedance or its far-field radiation patterns. This paper presents a novel circuit model for the PIFA antenna. The presented model will be used to compute the input impedance and far-field patterns of a PIFA antenna given its physical dimensions.
Keywords
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; mobile handsets; planar inverted-F antennas; probes; transmission lines; PIFA antenna; circuit model; far-field patterns; far-field radiation patterns; feeding probe; input impedance; low impedance microstrip transmission line; mobile devices; physical dimensions; planar inverted-F antenna; uniformly excited aperture; Antenna radiation patterns; Computational modeling; Impedance; Integrated circuit modeling; Magnetic circuits; Power transmission lines; Probes;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location
Orlando, FL
ISSN
1522-3965
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-5315-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APS.2013.6711011
Filename
6711011
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