Controlling resonance frequencies in antennas to achieve wideband operation

Abstract

A novel antenna design method for controlling resonance frequencies is presented. This method can be realised by simply inserting a spiral inductance and a gap capacitance into a conventional loop-type antenna, and this technique remarkably enhances an impedance bandwidth without increasing the antenna size. The proposed antenna has been designed to have 530 MHz (975-1505 MHz) and 150 MHz (2410-2560 MHz) dual bands (VSWR = 2.5), and can be effectively used as an internal antenna for global system for mobile communications (GSM) and Bluetooth bands. These wideband characteristics provide a critical advantage because the shift of an antenna operation frequency increases when it is near various other components.