Effect of the users hands on the operation of lower UHF-band mobile terminal antennas: Focus on digital television receiver

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 831-841

  Holopainen, Jari ^a   Kivekäs, Outi ^a   Ilvonen, Janne ^a   Valkonen, Risto ^a   Icheln, Clemens ^a   Vainikainen, Pertti ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Broadband antennas; digital television (DTV); digital video broadcasthandheld (DVB H); electromagnetic compatibility; finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations; microstrip antennas; mobile antennas; receiving antennas; small antenna measurements; user effect

Indexed keywords

BROAD-BAND ANTENNA; DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTHANDHELD (DVB-H); FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; MICROSTRIPES; SMALL-ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS; USER EFFECT;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIGITAL TELEVISION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; TELEVISION BROADCASTING;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 80052057062     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2011.2106788     Document Type: Article

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