Research Article

Small-Size Seven-Band WWAN/LTE Antenna with Distributed LC Resonant Circuit for Smartphone Application

Table 1

Comparison of proposed antenna with reference antennas.

AntennaFrequency bands coveredAntenna size (mm2)Bandwidth (MHz)
(Low/High)
Efficiency (%)
(Low/High)

Proposed antennaGSM850/900/GSM1800/1900/
UMTS2100/LTE2300/2500
28 × 15163/161552–65/54–74
Reference [6]Same as above45 × 15227/131039–73/43–70
Reference [16]Same as above29 × 15210/121041–55/43–80
Reference [19]Same as above60 × 8205/104040–55/44–70
Reference [20]Same as above55 × 12169/103024–44/40–78