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Antenna Design for Switched-Beam Systems on Mobile Terminal

Monthippa Uthansakul, Peerapong Uthansakul

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In this paper, we propose a small switched-beam antenna for mobile terminal. This kind of antenna is a single compact slot antenna fed by microstrip line. This proposed antenna provides three different radiation patterns. The antenna is designed to cover 3G Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems (UMTS; 1.92- 2.17 GHz). Its advantage is small of size and easy to manufacture. The performance of proposed antenna is confirmed by both simulation and experimental results. In addition, the antenna is also tested under real environment to see its real performance in terms of signal strength and throughput. The obtained results show that it provides higher signal strength and throughput over the use of omni-directional antenna as currently employed in mobile terminal.

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Key concepts: Omnidirectional antenna, Antenna (radio), Antenna efficiency, Microstrip antenna, Antenna rotator, Antenna measurement, Computer science, Terminal (telecommunication)