A compact and low-profile loop antenna with multiband operation for ultra-thin smartphones

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2745-2750

  Wu, Di ^a   Cheung, S W ^a   Yuk, T I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

loop antenna; mobile antennas; multiband antenna; multimode antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA GROUNDS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; SMARTPHONES; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; COMPACT AND LOW PROFILE; FOLDED LOOP ANTENNAS; MULTI-BAND OPERATIONS; MULTI-MODE ANTENNA; MULTIBAND ANTENNAS; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SMART-PHONE APPLICATIONS;

LOOP ANTENNAS;

EID: 84930958508     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2015.2412962     Document Type: Article

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