Antenna sensitivity variation depending on the installation of a shield can

Abstract

This letter investigates antenna sensitivity with various installations of a shield can. A commonly used shield can, which is widely used to mitigate electromagnetic interference (EMI) in electronic devices, will produce a spurious resonance by the gap between the shield can and the ground when the shield can is mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) with only a few soldering points. A noise source is simulated as a loop-type circuit on the ground to model the digital noise produced in an actual device. The installation methods of the shield can is discussed to verify the performance of the antenna sensitivity. In the analysis, the spurious resonance from the shield can is an important factor to the coupling between the antenna and the noise source. A high sensitivity antenna can be achieved by modifying the installation of the shield can. The measurement of a commercial WiFi module is also conducted to demonstrate experimental antenna sensitivity. K E Y W O R D S antenna sensitivity, digital noise, electromagnetic interference, shield can, total isotropic sensitivity