Radiating and balanced mode analysis of PIFA antennas

KR Boyle, LP Ligthart

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    Abstract

    This paper presents a radiating and balanced mode anallysis of plannar inverted F antennas (PIFAs) mounted on wave-length-scale printed circuit boards (PCBs). The radiating mode shows, in a direct way, the extent to which the PCB influences both radiation and bandwidth. The balanced mode shows that the shorting pin acts as an impedance transformer in combination with a parallel reactance. Importantly, it can also be used to show that slots in the PIFA top plate nominally provide series reactance when the slot opening is close to feed Understanding of this behavior allows bandwidth improvements to be realized. It also allows dual-band antennas to be designed in a straightforward manner.
    Original languageUndefined/Unknown
    Pages (from-to)231-237
    Number of pages7
    JournalIEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
    Volume54
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

    Keywords

    • academic journal papers
    • CWTS 0.75 <= JFIS < 2.00

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