Antenna for Handheld DVB Terminal

For the reception of terrestrial television, traditionally Yagi or whip antennas are used. Due to their large size they cannot be used in the reception of digital television on handheld devices (DVB-H), which operate at the frequency band 470 – 702 MHz. The DVB-H system is under development and small internal antenna solutions for handheld devices are not yet available. Due to the long wavelengths, any antenna placed inside a portable terminal will be electrically small. The antenna volume is the fundamental factor determining its performance. With traditional microstrip antennas such as PIFAs the required bandwidth could not be obtained inside a pocket-size terminal. Therefore, a broadband planar antenna structure for a DVB-H receiver is presented in this paper. The antenna structure is based on the compact coupling element antenna structure [1] that was earlier applied for GSM systems [2].