Title :
A small planar inverted-F antenna for wearable applications
Author :
Salonen, P. ; Sydanheimo, L. ; Keskilammi, M. ; Kivikoski, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
Small printed antennas will replace the commonly used normal-mode helical antennas of mobile handsets and systems in the future. This paper presents a novel small planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) which is a common PIFA in which a U-shaped slot is etched to form a dual band operation for wearable and ubiquitous computing equipment. Health issues are considered in selecting suitable antenna topology and the placement of the antenna. Various applications are presented while the paper mainly discusses about the GSM applications.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; health hazards; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; mobile computing; multifrequency antennas; portable computers; GSM applications; PIFA; antenna placement; antenna topology; dual band operation; etched U-shaped slot; health issues; mobile handsets; small planar inverted-F antenna; small printed antennas; ubiquitous computing equipment; wearable applications; wearable computing equipment; Arm; Bluetooth; Cables; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Impedance; Mobile antennas; Mobile handsets; Radio link; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computers, 1999. Digest of Papers. The Third International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0428-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISWC.1999.806679
