Title :
A Compact Multiband Inverted-F Antenna for LTE/WWAN/GPS/WiMAX/WLAN Operations in the Laptop Computer
Author :
Hu, Chuan-Ling ; Wen-Feng Lee ; Lee, Wen-Feng ; Yang, Chang-Fa ; Lin, Shun-Tian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
fDate :
7/2/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An inverted-F antenna with multiband operations for Long-Term Evolution (LTE700/2300/2500), wireless wide area network (WWAN), GPS, WiMAX (2.3/2.5/3.5 GHz), and WLAN (2.4 GHz) applications is presented. The antenna consists of multibranch strips and is fabricated on both sides of an Al2O3 ceramic substrate, which has a compact size of 97 (L) × 11.2 (W) × 0.5 (T) mm3 to be embedded inside the laptop computer as an internal antenna. Four operating bands covering 646-983, 1503-1589, 1696-2963, and 3396-3646 MHz for the LTE, WWAN, GPS, WiMAX (2.3/2.5/3.5 GHz) and WLAN (2.4 GHz) systems are achieved with good radiation efficiencies.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; Long Term Evolution; WiMax; aluminium compounds; ceramics; laptop computers; planar inverted-F antennas; wide area networks; wireless LAN; Al2O3; GPS; LTE700/2300/2500; WLAN; WWAN; WiMAX; ceramic substrate; compact multiband inverted-F antenna; frequency 2.3 GHz; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 2.5 GHz; frequency 3.5 GHz; laptop computer; long term evolution; multibranch strips; wireless wide area network; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Frequency measurement; Global Positioning System; Portable computers; WiMAX; GPS; Long-Term Evolution (LTE); WLAN; WiMAX; inverted-F antenna (IFA); laptop computer; wireless wide area network (WWAN);
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2010.2098387
