A novel wideband antenna for UMTS and WLAN bands: Employing a Z-shaped slot and a folded T-shaped ground branch to widen bandwidth

Author

Zheng, Xuan ; Du, Zhengwei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A novel wideband antenna for UMTS and 2.4-GHz WLAN has been proposed in this paper. The measured bandwidth ranges from 1.92 GHz to 2.83 GHz. The measured radiation pattern resembles that of a monopole antenna at both 2.05 GHz and 2.44 GHz. Unlike the conventional PIFA, the antenna can withstand the variation of ground plane length, and maintain the S₁₁ performance. The Z-shaped slot is proven to largely broaden the bandwidth.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; monopole antennas; slot antennas; wireless LAN; UMTS; WLAN; Z-shaped slot; folded T-shaped ground branch; frequency 1.92 GHz to 2.83 GHz; ground plane length; monopole antenna; radiation pattern; wideband antenna; 3G mobile communication; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Laboratories; Mobile handsets; Patch antennas; Slot antennas; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4619341

Filename

4619341