A frequency tuning method for a planar inverted-F antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 944-950

  Komulainen, Mikko ^a   Berg, Markus ^a   Jantunen, Heli ^a   Salonen, Erkki T ^a   Free, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequency tuning; Mobile antennas; Planar inverted F antenna (PIFA); RF switches

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC SWITCHES; FREQUENCY BANDS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); TUNING;

FREQUENCY TUNING; PLANAR INVERTED-F ANTENNA (PIFA); RADIO FREQUENCY SWITCHES; TUNING CIRCUIT;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 42549167528     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.919200     Document Type: Article

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