Antennas

This passive device lets you steer signal beams for over-the-air wireless test systems. Vaunix Technology, a manufacturer of modular RF/wireless test equipment, has introduced the LBM-7250-4 Lab Brick Butler Matrix, a beamforming tool that works with phased-array antennas to steer beams between transmitters and receivers. The Butler Matrix has four passive inputs and four outputs…

KYOCERA AVX offers a variety of extremely compact and high-performance internal, on-board, multiprotocol, 2.4GHz antennas ideal for use in system-in-package (SiP) applications — the demand for which is surging. SiP modules feature a number of integrated circuits (ICs) with distinct functionalities in a single miniature chip carrier package and often include several silicon and passive components…

Wireless InSite 4.0 from Remcom lets you simulate wireless channel conditions and analyze them based on antenna movement. Remcom announced a new version of Wireless InSite 3D Wireless Prediction Software with advanced capabilities including time-based mobility, lunar propagation modeling, and wideband ray-tracing with S-parameter outputs. Release 4.0 expands support for simulating dynamic and complex RF…

This passive beamforming topology is not well known but is widely used – a common situation in the RF world. Part 1 was an introduction to the electronic steering of an antenna beam and the Butler matrix; this part continues the investigation. Q: The Butler passive arrangement seems simpler; why not use it in all…

A consortium of companies found a clever way to recycle phone parts, showing how reusing electronics can improve sustainability. Electronic waste is a huge environmental problem of which disposed cell phones are a major contributor. Think about it, all that metal, plastic, and working semiconductors go into landfills. Some materials, such as gold from PCB…

This passive beamforming topology is not well known but is widely used — a common situation in the RF world. For many years, radar applications defined much of the world of directional antennas. These antennas were designed with a fixed directivity or rotated in a steady pattern at a known rate, as seen in Figure…

ETSI has established a new Industry Specification Group (ISG) focused on Multiple Access Techniques (MAT) for 6G mobile systems. The group aims to build industry consensus on numerous multiple-access techniques based on 3GPP specifications. The ISG MAT will explore candidate techniques such as Orthogonal Multiple Access (OMA), Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA), Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access…

STMicroelectronics is making it easier to explore creative applications for contactless near-field communication (NFC) technology with a novel development kit featuring the new ST25R200 reader/writer IC. ST’s latest-generation ST25R200 NFC transceiver combines an advanced design for strong and clear wireless connections with low power consumption and controls for signal quality and power management. The STEVAL-25R200SA…

Ignion launches OMNIA mXTEND, a triple-radio chip component that simplifies IoT antenna integration. Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, 12th November 2024: Ignion, a Barcelona-based innovator in RF connectivity, announces a one-of-a-kind three-port Virtual Antenna component to support simultaneous cellular, GNSS, and Wi-Fi/BLE radios. The surface-mounted passive component, called OMNIA mXTEND, turns the ground plane of a printed…

KYOCERA AVX released the innovative new surface-mount, on-ground, ultra-wideband (UWB) LDS Tulip antenna (9002305L0-L01K) for 6.0–8.5GHz applications to market at Embedded World North America. The novel new UWB LDS Tulip antenna is manufactured using laser direct structuring (LDS) technology. This process allows KYOCERA AVX to create conductive traces on complex 3D structures with unique patterns and develop…