A Tunable Single-Feed Triple-Band LTE Antenna With Harmonic Suppression

Autor: Abdullah J. Alazemi, Gabriel M. Rebeiz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: IEEE Access, Vol 7, Pp 104667-104672 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2932380
Popis: This paper presents a single-feed planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) that operates at three resonant frequencies within the LTE frequency range which would result in the enhancement of the antenna bandwidth and the increase of the data-rate speed. The antenna is designed to satisfy the requirements of carrier aggregation systems (intraband non-contagious type) cell-phone applications. The three resonant frequencies are independently tunable within the low-band (0.7-1 GHz), mid-band (1.6-2.1 GHz), and highband (2.1-2.7 GHz), respectively, using varactor diodes as tuning devices. Each varactor diode represents a variable capacitor controlled by biasing dc voltage. A parallel LC harmonic-trap filter is built inside the antenna to suppress the harmonics generated by the low-band resonance, which enhances the tuning capabilities at the high-band. The antenna has a size of 375 mm2, which is considered to be a low-profile design and placed on a 100 × 66 × 3.154 mm3 RO4003C (εr = 3.55) printed circuit board. The measured antenna radiation patterns in each band are nearly isotropic as expected from the PIFA and the measured antenna radiation efficiency is 25-80% within the entire LTE frequency bands.
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