IFA-based metal-frame antenna without ground clearance for the LTE/WWAN operation in the metal-casing tablet computer

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 53-60

  Wong, Kin Lu ^a   Tsai, Chih Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Feed circuit boards; Inverted F antennas (IFAs); LTE antennas WWAN antennas; Metal frame antennas; Mobile antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); METALS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; WIDE AREA NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CIRCUIT BOARDS; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; GROUND CLEARANCE; INVERTED F-ANTENNAS; MATCHING NETWORKS; METAL FRAMES; SWITCHABLE INDUCTOR; WWAN ANTENNAS;

STRIP METAL;

EID: 84995584106     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2015.2503420     Document Type: Article

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