“…In this paper, we propose a design of broadband folded monopole antennas with shorting pins. The proposed folded monopole has compact dimensions of 6 ϫ 40 ϫ 0.8 mm 3 , and shows a very wide bandwidth of 965 MHz, from 1.66 to 2.62 GHz, and the bandwidth covers the DCS (digital communication system, 1710 -1880 MHz), PCS (personal communication system, 1850 -1990 MHz), 3G (3 rd -generation wireless, 1920 -2170 MHz), and WLAN (wireless local area network, 2400 -2484 MHz) bands. Broadband and omnidirectional radiation Figure 1(b) shows the proposed broadband folded monopole antennas with shorting pins.…”