A coupling element‐based quad‐band antenna structure for mobile terminals

Abstract

A novel internal coupling element‐based antenna structure for quad‐band mobile terminals is presented. The antenna structure comprises of two nonresonant coupling elements, a multi‐resonant matching circuitry, and the chassis of the mobile terminal. The coupling elements occupy an extremely low volume of only 0.7 cm3, and they have a very low profile of only 4 mm. Despite of the low volume and low profile of the antenna structure, it can fulfill the bandwidth requirements of the GSM850/900 and GSM1800/PCS1900 systems with sufficiently high efficiency, thus making it a promising antenna candidate for future mobile terminals. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 1277–1282, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.22463

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