Design of a novel compact antenna for a bluetooth LTCC module

Abstract

Abstract A novel design concept for implementing an antenna on a compact LTCC module is proposed for a Bluetooth application. The integrated antenna consists of an LTCC module and a two‐layered radiating element, which occupies a volume of 5 mm × 6.3 mm × 0.8 mm. The antenna has a 7.5 dB return loss bandwidth of 100 MHz, from 2.39 to 2.49 GHz and has nearly omni‐directional radiation patterns with good antenna gain in spite of its small size. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 180–183, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23051