Title :
Multi-band loop antenna integrated with a telephone handset
Author :
Alam, Muhammad Z. ; Stuchly, Maria A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
Abstract :
A modified loop antenna was integrated with EBG structure to form a broadband planar antenna on one of the faces of a telephone handset. Modeling of the complete antenna was performed with the FDTD method. The antenna can operate in four bands allocated for wireless services.
Keywords :
broadband antennas; finite difference time-domain analysis; loop antennas; mobile handsets; multifrequency antennas; photonic band gap; EBG structure; FDTD method; broadband planar antenna; four bands antenna; multiband loop antenna; telephone handset; wireless services; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Finite difference methods; Metamaterials; Periodic structures; Planar arrays; Radio spectrum management; Telephone sets; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Applied Computational Electromagnetics, 2005. IEEE/ACES International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9068-7
DOI :
10.1109/WCACEM.2005.1469737
