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Diversity metal-plate planar inverted-F antenna for WLAN operation

2003; Institution of Engineering and Technology; Volume: 39; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1049/el

1350-911X

Kin‐Lu Wong, An-Chia Chen, Yen‐Liang Kuo,

Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies

A diversity metal-plate planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) mounted on a PCMCIA network card for WLAN operation in the 2.4 GHz band is presented. The diversity antenna comprises two back-to-back PIFAs, with their shorting plates facing each other, and has a small protruded length of 6 mm only, when the PCMCIA network card is inserted into the interface slot of a laptop. The antenna shows good antenna gain, and can provide spatial diversity to combat the multipath interference problem.