Frequency tuning of a dual-band dual-feed PIFA antenna for future mobile communications

Nemai C. Karmakar, Lee Chin Heng, Chew Boon Teong

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Abstract

A dual-band dual-feed planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) is tuned with its physical parameters. It is demonstrated that the corner truncation of the patch is less sensitive to the resonant frequency than the patch lengths, but the corner truncation has no adverse effect on the radiation characteristics of the PIFA. This new technique yields quicker convergence of design frequency than the conventional patch length only tuning. Both theoretical and measured results of the input return loss and radiation patterns are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)345-349
Number of pages5
JournalMicrowave and Optical Technology Letters
Volume31
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Dec 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Dual-band dual-feed PIFA
  • Electrically small antennas
  • Frequency tuning
  • Handphone antennas
  • Mobile communications

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