Ultra-wideband planar inverted FF antenna

See, Chan H.; Abd-Alhameed, R.A.; Zhou, D.; Hraga, H.I.; Excell, P.S.; Child, M.B.

Abstract

A novel, miniaturised, planar inverted FF antenna (PIFFA) assembly is presented. The antenna design electromagnetically couples two PIFA antennas on an air substrate, and employs a broadband rectangular plate feeding mechanism to achieve an ultra-wideband characteristic. The dimensions of the complete prototype assembly are 30 × 15 × 8 mm. Good agreement is obtained between computed and measured impedance bandwidths over the range 3.1-10.6 GHz for |S ₁₁ |<-10 dB. The simulated and measured gain and radiation patterns are given also, to fully describe the antenna performance.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2010
• Deposit Date: May 22, 2019
• Journal: Electronics Letters
• Print ISSN: 0013-5194
• Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 549-550
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2010.3131
• Keywords: antenna radiation patterns; planar inverted-F antennas; ultra wideband antennas
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1820089