A novel dual band tunable balanced handset antenna for WLAN application (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Abd-Alhameed, R., Ali, N., Alhaddad, A., See, C., & Cabongomuqueba, E. (2011, December). A novel dual band tunable balanced handset antenna for WLAN application. Presented at 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems - (ICECS 2011), Beirut, Lebanon

This paper presents a tunable balanced antenna covering WLAN frequency bands near 2.4 GHz (2.4-2.4835 GHz) and 5 GHz (5.15-5.35 GHz & 5.650-5.925 GHz), for mobile application. The design is based on loading two variable capacitors onto the planar bal... Read More about A novel dual band tunable balanced handset antenna for WLAN application.

Broadband dual planar inverted F-antenna for wireless local area networks/worldwide interoperability for microwave access and lower-band ultra wideband wireless applications (2011)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., Hraga, H., & Excell, P. (2011). Broadband dual planar inverted F-antenna for wireless local area networks/worldwide interoperability for microwave access and lower-band ultra wideband wireless applications. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 5(6), 644-650. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2010.0135

An extension of the planar inverted F-antenna (PIFA) concept is proposed, combining two such antennas (one of them fed parasitically) to extend the usable bandwidth to cover the WiFi wireless local area network, worldwide interoperability for microwa... Read More about Broadband dual planar inverted F-antenna for wireless local area networks/worldwide interoperability for microwave access and lower-band ultra wideband wireless applications.

Broadband dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) design for mobile wireless applications (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elmegri, F., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & Elfergani, I. T. (2011, November). Broadband dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) design for mobile wireless applications. Presented at 2011 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, United Kingdom

This paper presents a broadband dielectric resonator antenna operating from 1.15 to 6 GHz to cover most of the existing wireless mobile standards. This antenna assembly is constructed by a printed monopole antenna and a defected cylindrical dielectri... Read More about Broadband dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) design for mobile wireless applications.

Reconfigurable antenna design approach for mobile applications and a technique for harmonics suppression (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C. H., Sadeghpour, T., & Jones, S. (2011, November). Reconfigurable antenna design approach for mobile applications and a technique for harmonics suppression. Presented at 2011 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, United Kingdom

A design procedure for reconfigurable mobile antenna module is presented. A tuneable antenna, including a varactor diode placed at specific position over the radiating slot, was fabricated and tested over several targeted frequency bands (centred at... Read More about Reconfigurable antenna design approach for mobile applications and a technique for harmonics suppression.

Beam steering of horizontally polarized circular antenna arrays (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abusitta, M. M., Dama, Y., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C., Noras, J., Adebola, A., & Excell, P. (2011, November). Beam steering of horizontally polarized circular antenna arrays. Presented at 2011 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, United Kingdom

In this paper, a simple switching process is employed to steer the beam of a horizontally polarised circular antenna array. A time modulated switching process is applied through Genetic Algorithm optimisation. Several examples illustrate the radiatio... Read More about Beam steering of horizontally polarized circular antenna arrays.

Proposed Circuit Model for Calibration of Nonlinear Responses in Biological Media Exposed to RF Energy (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Dama, Y., & Excell, P. S. (2011, September). Proposed Circuit Model for Calibration of Nonlinear Responses in Biological Media Exposed to RF Energy. Presented at Mosharaka International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Electronics and Nanotechnology (MIC-BEN2011), Amman, Jordan

Dual-Band and Wide Band Tuning Antennas for Mobile and Wireless Communications (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
E.Elfergani, I., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Hwang See, C., Hraga, H. I., Sadeghpour, T., Alhaddad, A., & Excell, P. (2011, September). Dual-Band and Wide Band Tuning Antennas for Mobile and Wireless Communications. Presented at The 4th International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA 11), Glyndwr University, Wrexham, Wales, UK

Two tunable PIFA antennas are presented. The first is a dual-band handset antenna with tuning introduced across the slot using either a lumped capacitor or a varactor diode. Suitable tunability is initially established and tested for two resonant fre... Read More about Dual-Band and Wide Band Tuning Antennas for Mobile and Wireless Communications.

A compact size reconfigurable PIFA antenna for use in mobile handset (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I. T. E., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., Sadeghpour, T., Dama, Y., Jones, J., & Excell, P. S. (2011, August). A compact size reconfigurable PIFA antenna for use in mobile handset. Presented at 2011 XXXth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, Istanbul

A planar inverted-F type reconfigurable antenna with slot is presented. The antenna can cover frequency bands which include Digital Cellular Service (DCS: 1710-1880 MHz), Personal Communication Service (PCS: 1850-1990 MHz), and Universal Mobile Telec... Read More about A compact size reconfigurable PIFA antenna for use in mobile handset.

Dual-bands four-element antenna array design for MIMO application (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abidin, Z., Abd-Alhameed, R., Ma, Y., Ramli, R., & See, C. (2011, July). Dual-bands four-element antenna array design for MIMO application. Presented at 26th International Conference On CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future (CARs&FOF 2011), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A compact of 4 x 4 crescent antennas operating on dual-band frequency in Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) application technology, printed on a relatively low dielectric constant substrate is presented. In order to enhance the mutual coupling, th... Read More about Dual-bands four-element antenna array design for MIMO application.

A Compact Tuneable PIFLA Notched Ultra-Wideband Antenna for Wireless Applications (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Hraga, H., & Ramli, K. (2011, July). A Compact Tuneable PIFLA Notched Ultra-Wideband Antenna for Wireless Applications. Presented at 26th International Conference On CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future ( CARs&FOF 2011), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This paper proposes a compact PIFLA ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with a tuneable band-notched response from 3.2 to 4.5 GHz. Tuning of the rejected frequency is realised by loading an embedded resonant slot with lumped capacitors (equivalent to varact... Read More about A Compact Tuneable PIFLA Notched Ultra-Wideband Antenna for Wireless Applications.

A Dual-Band Frequency Tunable Planar Inverted F Antenna (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Hussaini, A. S., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Hraga, H., Bin-Melha, M., Excell, P., & Rodriguez, J. (2011, April). A Dual-Band Frequency Tunable Planar Inverted F Antenna. Presented at 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Rome, Italy

The design process of dual-band reconfigurable PIFA antenna is introduced and investigated. The design procedure is based on loading a lumped capacitor (or varactor) at one fixed location along a slot of the radiator. The changes in first and second... Read More about A Dual-Band Frequency Tunable Planar Inverted F Antenna.

PIFA Antenna for UWB Applications with WLAN Band Rejection Using Spiral Slots (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hraga, H., See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., Adnan, S., Elfergani, I., Elmegri, F., & Excell, P. (2011, April). PIFA Antenna for UWB Applications with WLAN Band Rejection Using Spiral Slots. Presented at 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Rome, Italy

This paper presents a band-suppressed PIFA antenna for UWB application using spiral slot. The modeling of the antenna geometry structures and the optimisation of the full antenna assembly was carried out in the frequency and time domains using Ansoft... Read More about PIFA Antenna for UWB Applications with WLAN Band Rejection Using Spiral Slots.

Harmonic-suppression Using Adaptive Surface Meshing and Genetic Algorithms (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bin-Melha, M., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., Zainal-Abdin, Z., See, C., Elfergani, I., & Excell, P. (2011, March). Harmonic-suppression Using Adaptive Surface Meshing and Genetic Algorithms. Presented at The 29th PIERS Progress In Electromagnetic Research Symposium, Marrakesh, Morocco

A novel design strategy for microstrip harmonic-suppression antennas is presented. The computational method is based on an integral equation solver using adaptive surface meshing driven by a genetic algorithm. Two examples are illustrated, all involv... Read More about Harmonic-suppression Using Adaptive Surface Meshing and Genetic Algorithms.

Frequency Tuned Planar Inverted F Antenna with L Shaped Slit Design for Wide Frequency Range (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Hussaini, A. S., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Abusitta, M. M., Hraga, H., Alhaddad, A. G., & Rodriguez, J. (2011, March). Frequency Tuned Planar Inverted F Antenna with L Shaped Slit Design for Wide Frequency Range. Presented at The 29th PIERS Progress In Electromagnetic Research Symposium, Marrakesh, Morocco

A frequency tuned antenna has been designed to meet the coverage requirements of the DCS, PCS, UMTS and WLAN bands. The antenna consists of a main patch, and a planar inverted L (PIL) slot. The radiator patch is fed, and shorted, using simple feed li... Read More about Frequency Tuned Planar Inverted F Antenna with L Shaped Slit Design for Wide Frequency Range.

The Compact Design of Dual-Band and Wideband Planar Inverted F-L-Antennas for WLAN and UWB Applications (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hraga, H., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Adnan, S., Elfergani, I., & Elmegri, F. E. (2011, March). The Compact Design of Dual-Band and Wideband Planar Inverted F-L-Antennas for WLAN and UWB Applications. Presented at The 29th PIERS Progress In Electromagnetic Research Symposium, Marrakesh, Morocco

Two miniature low profile PIFLA antennas with a compact volume size of 30 mm x 15 mm x 8 mm has presented in this paper. By applying the magnetic wall concept a reduced size dual-band and a wideband half PIFLAs for WLAN (2.4 GHz/5.2 GHz) and UWB appl... Read More about The Compact Design of Dual-Band and Wideband Planar Inverted F-L-Antennas for WLAN and UWB Applications.

Compact Tunable Microstrip F-Slot antenna for Mobile Handset Applications (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., Abidin, Z., Hraga, H., & Excell, P. (2011, February). Compact Tunable Microstrip F-Slot antenna for Mobile Handset Applications. Presented at 4th International Conference on Communications, Propagation, and Electronics (MIC-CPE 2011), Amman, Jordon

This paper presents a design for a single-feed, compact, tunable microstrip F- slot antenna capable of achieving high tuning ranges without using any matching networks. An F shaped slot embedded in a patch is used to generate resonant frequencies. Th... Read More about Compact Tunable Microstrip F-Slot antenna for Mobile Handset Applications.