Title :
Positive hand effects on mobile handset antennas
Author_Institution :
Nokia Res. Center, Burnaby, BC
Abstract :
A study on the effect of hands on mobile handset antennas has been carried out experimentally with antenna prototypes and an active mobile phone. It is reported that the positive hand effect exists for small antennas in the 900 MHz band. Measurements of antenna prototypes and an active mobile phone show that the positive hand effect can improve antenna total efficiency by 1 to 2 dB in the 900 MHz band.
Keywords :
mobile antennas; mobile handsets; frequency 900 MHz; mobile handset antennas; mobile phone; positive hand effects; Antenna measurements; Fingers; Imaging phantoms; Loss measurement; Mobile antennas; Mobile handsets; Prototypes; Radiofrequency identification; Resonance; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2008. APMC 2008. Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Macau
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2641-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2642-3
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2008.4958011
