Planar Inverted-E (PIE) Antenna for a Wide Impedance Bandwidth

Abstract

A planar inverted-E (PIE) antenna that can achieve a wide impedance bandwidth is proposed. The antenna is realized by inserting a branch capacitance between the feed line and the shorting pin of a conventional planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA). Such a modification significantly enhanced the impedance bandwidth while maintaining the antenna size. The proposed antenna possesses a very wide impedance bandwidth of 1250MHz (1650-2900MHz) at a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) <3. In addition, good radiation patterns were obtained at the desired frequency bands.