Dual-frequency planar antenna for handsets

Cellular telephone handsets are now being designed to have dual-mode capabilities. In particular, GSM and DCS1800 modes are used in Europe. And PCS and AMPS modes are used in the USA. A novel planar dualband internal antenna for handsets which operates in the /spl sim/0.9 and 1.8 GHz bands is proposed. The dualband antenna has almost the same size as a conventional internal antenna operating in the 0.9 GHz band. Good dual-band operation was obtained for frequency ratios in the range 1.3-2.7.