Spiral and Multimode Antenna Miniaturization for DTV Signal Receptions

Author

Lin, Ding-Bing ; Tsai, Pang-Chun ; Tang, I-Tseng ; Chen, Peng-Su

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taipei Univ. of Technol., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

9

fYear

2010

fDate

7/2/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

902

Lastpage

905

Abstract

In this letter, a novel broadband miniaturized antenna is presented. This antenna is proposed for operation in the digital television (DTV) reception band (470-862 MHz) throughout the world. This antenna uses a 50- microstrip line to feed. To achieve broadband characteristics, the proposed antenna is constructed using seven resonance paths in the ground plane. For compact structuring, a signal line is used in the proposed antenna, while ground plane coupling is used to induce the capacitance effect. The impedance matching and bandwidth of the proposed antenna are significantly affected by the sheet metal on the signal line. The antenna is able to realize an omnidirectional radiation pattern over the entire frequency band. Furthermore, the measurement results agree with the simulation ones.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; digital television; impedance matching; microstrip lines; spiral antennas; television antennas; DTV signal receptions; bandwidth 470 MHz to 862 MHz; broadband miniaturized antenna; ground plane coupling; impedance matching; microstrip line; multimode antenna miniaturization; omnidirectional radiation pattern; resistance 50 ohm; spiral antenna miniaturization; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Digital TV; Dipole antennas; Microstrip; Digital television (DTV); microstrip line; miniaturization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2010.2077670

Filename

5580115