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Design of a Internal Loop Antenna for Multi-band Mobile Handset Applications  

Lee Young-Joong (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Lee Jin-Sung (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Jung Byungwoon (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Park Myun-Joo (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Lee Byungje (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
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Abstract
In this paper, the quad-band antenna for mobile handsets is proposed and developed. The operating frequency bands include GSM(880 MHz${\~}$960 MHz), GPS(1,575 MHz$\pm$10 MHz), DCS(1,710 MHz${\~}$l,880MHz), and PCS(1,850 MHz${\~}$l,990 MHz). The proposed antenna consists of a feed line, a shorting post, and a radiating element of the feed loop. The multi-band operation is achieved by using the fundamental and higher resonant modes of the radiating element. Based on analysis of the current distribution on the radiator, the resonant frequency of each mode can be adjusted by adding the different sizes of slots on the radiator. The radiator of the feed loop is designed to be symmetrical so that the energy is symmetrically distributed on the radiator, which results in omni-directional radiation pattern. The ground plane under the radiator is removed in order to improve the bandwidth. The measured impedance bandwidths are $10.1\%$ in GSM band(VSWR<2.5), $26.8\%$ in GPS band, and DCS/US-PCS bands(VSWR<2.5), respectively. The maximum gains on the H-plane of the fabricated antenna are measured about -0.37 dBi${\~}$2.55 dBi for all operating frequency bands.
Keywords
Quad-Band; Intenna; Internal Antenna; Loop Antenna; Multi-Mode;
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