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Abstract

A two-strip narrow-frame monopole antenna for hepta-band WWAN/LTE smartphone applications is proposed. The brightest point of the proposed antenna is that its narrow edge has a width of only 5mm, which is very practical for current smartphone applications with larger touch-screens. In addition, the proposed narrow-frame antenna has a small volume of 60×5×5 mm³ and a simple structure, which comprises of a two-strip monopole loaded with a chip capacitor and an L-shape high-pass filter. Meanwhile, the propose antenna can cover the GSM850/900/1800/1900/UMTS2100/LTE2300/2500 bands. Finally, the operating principle of the proposed antenna is investigated and both simulated and measured results are presented and discussed.

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Dr. Zhong-Xiang Chen

Prof. Yong-Ling Ban

Dr. Zhi Chen

Dr. Kai Kang

Prof. Joshua Le-Wei Li