A wideband planar inverted F antenna for wireless communication devices

Abstract

In this paper a low profile and wideband Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) for handheld and wireless communication devices is presented. The antenna shows a wide range of frequency from 1.35 GHz to 2.51 GHz with improved impedance matching covering GPS, DCS, PCS, 3G, 4G and WLAN/Bluetooth bands with VSWR <; 2. The size of top patch of the proposed antenna is 25 mm × 15 mm which makes it compact and a promising candidate for wireless communication devices. The antenna is designed and simulated using High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) Software and shows good gain with Omni-directional radiation pattern.