A Low-profile Wideband PIFA with Co-design of Ground Plane for WLAN Applications

Authors

  • Xiao Yu Li Department of Electronic Science and Technology Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
  • Zu Ang Liu Department of Electronic Science and Technology Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
  • Mei Song Tong Department of Electronic Science and Technology Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2023.ACES.J.380209

Keywords:

low-profile, multi-resonant modes, planar inverted-F antenna, wideband

Abstract

In this paper, a novel low-profile wideband planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) with co-design of the ground plane for WLAN applications and IoV applications is proposed. This antenna consists of three parts: a slotted radiating patch, a vertical shorting plate and a ground plane with a cross-shaped slot. The influence and the parameter of the slot are discussed. The antenna is fed by a 50 Ω coaxial line and a shorting pin is also used in this design. The overall size of the antenna is 30×44×3.5 mm3. The whole structure is simulated in ANSYS Electronics Desktop 2018.0 and several prototypes are made to verify the simulation results. The bandwidth of the antenna can reach 3.96 GHz (−10 dB) and cover the frequency range of 5.64−9.6 GHz. The max gain of the antenna is 5.4 dBi.

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Author Biographies

Xiao Yu Li, Department of Electronic Science and Technology Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China

Xiao Yu Li received the B.S. degree in Communication and Information Engineering and the M.S. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, in 2017 and 2020, respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Control Science and Engineering with Tongji University, Shanghai, China, and his current research interests include reconfigurable antennas and computational electromagnetics.

Zu Ang Liu, Department of Electronic Science and Technology Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China

Zu Ang Liu received the B.S. degree of Electronic Science and Technology and the M.S. degree of Microelectronic Science and Engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in July 2019 and June 2022, respectively. Currently, he is an engineer in a high-tech company, Beijing, China.

Mei Song Tong, Department of Electronic Science and Technology Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China

Mei Song Tong received the B.S. and M.S. Degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, respectively, and Ph.D. degree from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA, all in electrical engineering. Currently, he is the Distinguished/Permanent Professor, Head of Department of Electronic Science and Technology, and Vice Dean of College of Microelectronics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He has also held an adjunct professorship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA, and an honorary professorship at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. He has published more than 500 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings and co-authored six books or book chapters. His research interests include electromagnetic field theory, antenna theory and technique, modeling and simulation of RF/microwave circuits and devices, interconnect and packaging analysis, inverse electromagnetic scattering for imaging, and computational electromagnetics.

Prof. Tong is a Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy, Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), and Full Member (Commission B) of the USNC/URSI. He has been the chair of Shanghai Chapter since 2014 and the chair of SIGHT committee in 2018, respectively, in IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. He has served as an associate editor or guest editor for some well-known international journals, including IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, International Journal of Numerical Modeling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields, Progress in Electromagnetics Research, and Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, etc. He also frequently served as a session organizer/chair, technical program committee member/chair, and general chair for some prestigious international conferences. He was the recipient of a Visiting Professorship Award from Kyoto University, Japan, in 2012, and from University of Hong Kong, China, 2013. He advised and coauthored 12 papers that received the Best Student Paper Award from different international conferences. He was the recipient of the Travel Fellowship Award of USNC/URSI for the 31th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (GASS) in 2014, Advance Award of Science and Technology of Shanghai Municipal Government in 2015, Fellowship Award of JSPS in 2016, Innovation Award of Universities’ Achievements of Ministry of Education of China in 2017, Innovation Achievement Award of Industry-Academia-Research Collaboration of China in 2019, Chapters Award of IEEE New Jersey Section, USA, in 2019, “Jinqiao” Award of Technology Market Association of China in 2020, and Baosteel Education Award of China in 2021. In 2018, he was selected as the Distinguished Lecturer (DL) of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society for 2019-2022.

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Published

2023-02-28

How to Cite

[1]
X. Y. . Li, Z. A. . Liu, and M. S. . Tong, “A Low-profile Wideband PIFA with Co-design of Ground Plane for WLAN Applications”, ACES Journal, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 148–153, Feb. 2023.

Issue

2023: Vol 38 Iss 2

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