A tunable via-patch loaded PIFA with size reduction

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-71

  Chiu, Chi Yuk ^a   Shum, Kam Man ^a   Chan, Chi Hou ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Planar inverted F antenna (PIFA); Size reduction; Tunable antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; BANDWIDTH; CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

CAPACITIVE COUPLING EFFECT; FREQUENCY TUNING; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PLANAR INVERTED-F ANTENNA (PIFA); TUNABLE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33846929177     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.888389     Document Type: Article

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