Mobile-phone antenna design

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 14-34

  Rowell, Corbett ^a   Lam, Edmund Y ^b  

^a ASTRI Hong Kong ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

3G; 4G; GSM; internal antenna; land mobile radio cellular systems; land mobile radio equipment; manufacturing; matching networks; mobile phone; PIFA; SAR; TIS; TRP

Indexed keywords

3G; 4G; INTERNAL ANTENNAS; LAND MOBILE RADIO CELLULAR SYSTEMS; LAND MOBILE RADIO EQUIPMENT; MATCHING NETWORKS; PIFA; SAR; TIS; TRP;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; LOADING; MANUFACTURE; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADIO EQUIPMENT; SURVEYS; TELEPHONE SETS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84866919779     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2012.6309152     Document Type: Article

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