A Comprehensive Parametric Study of Planar Inverted-F Antenna

Hassan Tariq Chattha, Yi Huang, Muhammad Kamran Ishfaq, Stephen J. Boyes

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DOI: 10.4236/wet.2012.31001                

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive numerical and experimental study of Planar Inverted-F Antennas (PIFA) involving all the parameters which may affect the characteristics of PIFA. It is found that PIFA characteristics are affected by a number of parameters including the dimensions of the ground plane, length, width, height and position of the top plate, positions and widths of shorting pin/plate and feed pin/plate. It is also found that the width of feed plate plays an important role in broadening the antenna bandwidth. It is shown that a fractional impedance bandwidth up to 65% can be obtained using an optimized design. Furthermore, a new empirical formula is introduced for the estimation of the central operational frequency of PIFA. These results are very useful for aiding PIFA design in practical applications.

Keywords

Antennas; Planar Antennas; PIFA; Impedance Bandwidth and Empirical Equation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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