A survey of antenna’s miniaturization techniques developed at the University of Nice

Numerous small antennas have been designed at the Electronics, Antennas and Telecommunication Laboratory (LEAT) of the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis. In this paper, we perform a detailed analysis of the most interesting concepts. We especially focus on the different miniaturization techniques employed to reduce the size of the antennas. Index Terms – Small antennas, Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA), patch antennas, mobile phones