Tunable antenna techniques for compact handset applications

Author

Ali, Shaima Mohammed ; Payandehjoo, Kasra

Author_Institution

Adv. Technol., Res. in Motion, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Volume

8

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

April 24 2014

Firstpage

401

Lastpage

408

Abstract

Today´s handset antenna needs to support many more bands complying with the standards specifications, yet still within the handset confined form factor. This study presents novel tunable antennas techniques. The antenna tuning here is achieved by loading the antenna aperture. Different loading types, topologies and placement options for optimised performance are investigated leading to design recommendations and guidelines. These are used in the successful design of two planar inverted-F antenna-based handset antennas with a low band tuning range of 620-950 MHz and a high band tuning range of 1.5-2.1 GHz. The designed tunable antennas are miniaturised in the process while maintaining very good radiation performance.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; planar inverted-F antennas; telephone sets; antenna aperture; antenna radiation performance; compact handset applications; frequency 1.5 GHz to 2.1 GHz; frequency 620 MHz to 950 MHz; guidelines design; loading types; placement options; planar inverted-F antenna-based handset antennas; recommendations design; standards specifications; topologies options; tunable antenna techniques;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, IET

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1751-8725

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/iet-map.2013.0234

Filename

6802206