Characteristics of a Deformed Antenna Made of Flexible Printed Circuit

In recent years, wireless communications, such as wireless LAN and Bluetooth, are widely spreading. As the antennas used in wireless communications are usually installed in small mobile devices, it is demanded that the volume to be small. To meet the miniaturization demand, we focussed our attention to flexible printed circuits (FPCs). FPCs have some attractive features such as thinness and flexibility. We designed here a PIFA available for IEEE802.11b/g and Bluetooth. The antenna is made of FPC and its radiation pattern does not vary much when the antenna is deformed. We measured the radiation pattern of the antenna when the antenna is successively curved and folded. We analyzed the antenna by using the moment method.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: IEICET
• Authors: Hirotaka Furuya, Ning Guan, Kuniharu Himeno, Koichi Ito
• Keywords: Flexible Printed Circuits, IEICET 2007, Small Mobile Devices, Wireless Communications