Wideband Tunable PIFA Antenna with Loaded Slot Structure for Mobile Handset and LTE Applications
Abstract
A compact planar inverted F antenna (PIFA) with a tunable frequency response is presented. Tuning of the resonant frequency is realized by loading a varactor on an embedded slot of the proposed antenna structure without further optimizing other antenna geometry parameters. The antenna exhibits a wide frequency range from 1570 to 2600 MHz with a good impedance matching (S11 ≤-10 dB) covering the GPS, PCS, DCS, UMTS, WLAN and LTE systems. To validate the theoretical model and design concept, the antenna prototype was fabricated and measured. The compact size of the antenna is 15mm × 8mm × 3mm, which makes this antenna a good candidate for mobile handset and wireless communication applications.
Keywords
Tunable antenna, varactor diode, PIFA antennaPersistent identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11012/36426Document type
Peer reviewedDocument version
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Radioengineering. 2014, vol. 23, č. 1, s. 345-355. ISSN 1210-2512http://www.radioeng.cz/fulltexts/2014/14_01_0345_0355.pdf
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