Positive hand effects on mobile handset antennas
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Hui, Ping
- Source
- 2008 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Microwave Conference, 2008. APMC 2008. Asia-Pacific. :1-4 Dec, 2008
- Subject
- Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Photonics and Electrooptics
Mobile handsets
Mobile antennas
Imaging phantoms
Antenna measurements
Prototypes
Fingers
Radiofrequency identification
Loss measurement
Resonance
Testing
- Language
- ISSN
- 2165-4727
2165-4743
A study on the effect of hands on mobile handset antennas has been carried out experimentally with antenna prototypes and an active mobile phone. It is reported that the positive hand effect exists for small antennas in the 900 MHz band. Measurements of antenna prototypes and an active mobile phone show that the positive hand effect can improve antenna total efficiency by 1 to 2 dB in the 900 MHz band.