• DocumentCode
    1514904
  • Title

    Wide tunable dual-band reconfigurable antenna

  • Author

    Hu, Z.H. ; Song, C.T.P. ; Kelly, Jonathan ; Hall, Peter S. ; Gardner, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electron., Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1109
  • Lastpage
    1110
  • Abstract
    Presented is an antenna that allows independent and versatile dual frequency and bandwidth reconfiguration by using simple external matching circuits. Simulations suggest that the antenna has a total tuning range of 2118 MHz (from 778 to 2896 MHz) while maintaining a return loss above 6 dB. In addition, the antenna is capable of operating as a penta-band cellular phone antenna. This kind of antenna is typically required to work within the GSM900, GPS1575, GSM1800, PCS1900 and UMTS2100 bands.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; mobile antennas; multifrequency antennas; GPS1575 band; GSM1800 band; GSM900 band; PCS1900 band; UMTS2100 band; bandwidth reconfiguration; dual-band reconfigurable antenna; external matching circuits; frequency 778 MHz to 2896 MHz; penta-band cellular phone antenna; versatile dual frequency antenna; wide tunable antenna;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2009.2737
  • Filename
    5295331