Design of compact triple-band meander chip antenna using LTCC technology for mobile handsets

This paper presents the design simulation, implementation, and measurement of a miniaturized GPS/K-PCS/ISM (2.4-GHz) triple-band LTCC meander-chip antenna for mobile-communication handsets. The dimensions of the LTCC chip antenna is 8.6 × 15 × 1.5 mm. In this paper, the bottom meander radiating patch is tuned to the GPS-band, the middle meander antenna with via-hole connection contributes to the K-PCS-band operation and the top radiating patch is tuned to the ISM-band (2.4 GHz). With 2.0:1 VSWR impedance bandwidth definition, the lower, middle and upper bands have impedance-bandwidth values of 110, 140, and 60 MHz, covering the bandwidth of the GPS/K-PCS/ISM (2.4-GHz) bands. Satisfactory agreement between the simulated and measured results for the antenna patterns and impedance bandwidth are achieved. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 160–162, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21292