Controlling resonance frequencies in antennas to achieve wideband operation

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.This research was supported by the MKE (The Ministry of Knowledge Economy), Korea, under the ITRC (Information Technology Research Center) support program supervised by the IITA (Institute for Information Technology Advancement) (IITA2009- C1090-0902-0003)