Abstract
A capacitively loaded planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) is proposed and studied. It is found that the capacitive load reduces the resonance length of the PIFA from A/4 to less than A/8. A design with a bandwidth of 178 MHz centered at 1.8 GHz is provided to demonstrate that compact antennas for mobile telephone handsets can be constructed using this approach. The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is used in the study and experimental verification is also provided.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 837-842 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |
Keywords
- FDTD methods
- Mobile antennas
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering