Developing alternatives of small monopole antenna design for achieving 4G-LTE requirements in a limited antenna size

• Main Authors: Mohamed, Nassrin Ibrahim, Abdul Rahman, Tharek, Abdul Rahman, Alias
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/50985/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289183837_Developing_alternatives_of_small_monopole_antenna_design_for_achieving_4G-LTE_requirements_in_a_limited_antenna_size

Achieving Long Term Evolution (LTE) frequency bands (the second generation (2G), third generation (3G), and the proposed fourth generation (4G) frequency bands) using a small-size antenna in a compact device remains a major technical challenge. This paper surveys the recent literature on two types of Universal Serial Bus USB LTE antennas, the Meander Line Antenna (MLA) which is one of the alternatives of the small monopole antenna and the Slot Patch multiband antenna (SPA), which is vital for multiband through slotting patch radiators. Consequently a new geometrical design of multiband antenna is proposed in this paper. The proposed antenna design operates at four separate bands: 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, and 2.6 GHz for supporting LTE wireless device of USB dongle. Copyright © 2013 The Electromagnetics Academy.