Planar DVB-T Antenna Using a Patterned Helical Line and Matching Circuit

Abstract

A miniaturized planar digital video broadcasting terrestrial (DVB-T) antenna, which is composed of a patterned helical line, an open stub, and an impedance matching circuit on an FR4 (epsilon(r)=4.4) substrate for portable media player applications, is presented in this letter The antenna has monopole-like, omni-directional radiation characteristics and a wide impedance bandwidth (VSWR<3) in the DVB-T band from 174 MHz to 230 MHz at the VHF band