Dual-Frequency Planar Inverted F-L-Antenna (PIFLA) for WLAN and Short Range Communication Systems

Author

See, C.H. ; Abd-Alhameed, R.A. ; Zhou, D. ; Excell, P.S.

Author_Institution

Mobile & Satellite Commun. Res. Centre, Bradford Univ., Bradford

Volume

56

Issue

10

fYear

2008

Firstpage

3318

Lastpage

3320

Abstract

The design and analysis is presented of a low profile and dual- frequency inverted L-F antenna for WLAN and short range wireless communications, providing a compromise between size reduction and attainable bandwidth. The optimum (minimized) volume of 30times30times8 mm of the proposed antenna gives 8% bandwidth at lower resonant mode of 2400 MHz, while at the higher resonant mode of 5500 MHz a bandwidth of 12.2% is obtained. Both the simulated and measured characteristics of the proposed antenna are shown.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; multifrequency antennas; planar inverted-F antennas; wireless LAN; PIFLA; WLAN; bandwidth 2400 MHz; bandwidth 5500 MHz; dual-frequency planar inverted F-L-antenna; short range wireless communications; size reduction; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Bluetooth; Costs; Frequency; Geometry; Printed circuits; Resonance; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication; Dual-frequency antenna; WLAN; inverted L-F antenna; short range wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2008.929537

Filename

4636847