Mobile Antennas
Mobile Antennas
Mobile Antennas
Introduction
• An antenna (or aerial) is an electrical device which converts electric
currents into radio waves, and vice versa.
• An antenna consists of two parts, Transmitter and Receiver.
• The antenna at the time of transmitting electromagnetic waves is called
transmitting antenna.
• The same antenna in the time of receiving electromagnetic waves is called
receiving antenna.
Parameters
• Radiation pattern
• VSWR =(1+|ᴦ|)/(1-| ᴦ | )
• Antenna gain 𝑮 = 𝜺 𝑹 𝑫
• Antenna efficiency 𝜺 𝑹 = 𝑷 𝒓 𝑷 𝒊𝒏
• Bandwidth 𝑩𝑾% = 𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒙−𝒇 𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝒇 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 × 𝟏𝟎𝟎
Types of Antennas used in Mobile Phones :
• External Antennas
1. Retractable Monopole (whips) antennas.
2. Helical Antennas.
• Internal Antennas
1. Microstrip antennas (MSA)
2. Planar inverted-F antennas (PIFA)
Mobile Phone antenna design
• Single band PIFA antenna
• Wideband PIFA antenna
Single band PIFA antenna
Wideband Antenna
Antenna used in mobile phones
Outer antenna-Helical antenna
Inner antenna-Microstrip patch antenna
SAR Measurement
• SAR: Specific Absorption Rate.
• Our brain can absorb Electromagnetic (EM) power. The SAR measures
how much power our head absorbs.
References
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units,” IEEE J.Select. Areas Commun, vol. SAC-5, pp. 921–929, June 1987.
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conducting body,” Electron. Commun. Japan, pt. 1, vol. 72, pp. 43–51, 1989.
• T. Taga, “Analysis of planar inverted-F antennas and antenna design for portable radio equipment,” in Analysis, Design,
and Measurement of Small and Low-Profile Antennas, K. Hirasawa and M. Haneishi,Eds. Norwood, MA: Artech House,
1992, pp. 161–180.
• P. Vainikainen, J. Ollikainen, O. Kivekäs, and I. Kelander, “Resonator- based analysis of the combination of mobile
handset antenna and chassis,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 50, pp. 1433–1444, Oct. 2002.
• http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-7697-21043/unrestricted/CH1_2.PDF
• Chuang, H. R. “Human Operator Coupling Effects on Radiation Characteristics of a Portable Communication Dipole
Antenna”., IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, v. 42, n. 4, April 1994, pp. 556-560.
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