Compact PIFA for Mobile Terminals Supporting Multiple Cellular and Non-Cellular Standards

A novel multiband planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) covering ten frequency bands has been proposed for personal wireless communications terminals. The design is based on the combination of various techniques that are used for designing multiband/broadband antennas. We used a shorted parasitic patch efficiently coupled to the driven patch, a quarter-wave resonator connected to the feed strip in parallel with the main patch, and four slits in the main radiator to excite various current modes in the antenna structure. The antenna is designed within a volume of 4.0 x 2.0 x 0.8 cm(3) and it can be used to serve the following wireless communication systems: Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM-900), Digital Communications System (DCS), Personal Communication Service (PCS), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), WiBro at 2.35 GHz, Bluetooth, Satellite-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (SDM-B) at 2.65 GHz, WiMAX at 3.5 GHz, and the two bands (5.15-5.35 GHz and 5.725-5.875 GHz) for the wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) standards. A prototype antenna was fabricated and tested for input reflection coefficient and radiation performances. The measured and simulated results have been presented and discussed. Important geometrical parameters determining the multiband performances of the antenna have been explained in the paper.