Title :
Shorted spiral-like printed antennas
Author :
Kan, Hing Kiu ; Waterhouse, Rod B.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., R. Melbourne Inst. of Technol., Vic., Australia
fDate :
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present two electrically small printed antennas suitable for mobile communication handset terminals. The conductor shapes of the proposed shorted patch antennas maximize the length of the current path for a given area thereby significantly reducing the resonant frequency of the antenna. Reductions in operating frequencies of the order of seven to ten have been achieved
Keywords :
conformal antennas; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; spiral antennas; conductor shapes; conformal antennas; current path length; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; mobile communication handset terminals; mobile communications; operating frequencies reduction; resonant frequency reduction; return loss; shorted patch antennas; shorted spiral-like printed antennas; spiral-like conductor patterns; Conducting materials; Conductors; Microstrip antennas; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Patch antennas; Resonant frequency; Shape; Spirals; Telephone sets;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
