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Wideband tunable PIFA antenna with loaded slot structure for mobile handset and LTE applications
  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 ≤-10dB) 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 15 mm × 8 mm × 3 mm, which makes this antenna a good candidate for mobile handset and wireless communication applications.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    30 April 2014

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • ISSN:

    1210-2512

  • Library of Congress:

    TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    621.382 Communications engineering

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Elfergani, I., Hussaini, A. S., Rodriguez, J., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2014). Wideband tunable PIFA antenna with loaded slot structure for mobile handset and LTE applications. Radioengineering, 23(1), 345-355

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Keywords

Tunable antenna; varactor diode; PIFA antenna;

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