Compact Digital Television (DTV) Antenna for Indoor Usage

Mohamad Aasyraaf Mohd Shaufi (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Huda A. Majid (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Zuhairiah Zainal Abidin (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Samsul Haimi Dahlan (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Mohamad Kamal A. Rahim (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
Osman Bin Ayop (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vol 7, No 2: April 2017

A compact indoor digital antenna for digital terrestrial television is proposed. The design of the antenna begins with the material selection to construct the antenna by using CST software with a standard monopole antenna design. The antenna is then simulated and optimized. A bandwidth of 290 MHz (46.14%) between 500 MHz and 790 MHz is achieved with the antenna gain more than 3 dBi. Simulated results is used to demonstrate the performance of the antenna. The simulated return losses, together with the radiation patterns and gain are presented and discussed.