Antenna news covers innovations in RF design, compact antenna modules, and materials that enhance wireless communication in electronics. Developments include 5G-compatible antennas, beamforming arrays, and flexible printed designs for wearables and IoT. Integration with GPS, NFC, and Bluetooth drives miniaturization and performance. These components are essential for signal integrity, range, and efficiency in modern electronics. For Electronics Weekly readers, antenna news provides insights into product design optimization, emerging wireless technologies, and market-ready communication modules.
Taoglas, the antenna specialist, has brought out a roof mount antenna designed for connected vehicle fleets across emergency services, utilities, and commercial sectors which integrates up to 18 antenna elements. Called the Patriot series, the antenna supports 5G and 4G cellular (600–6000 MHz), with both dual-band GNSS (L1 and L1/ L5) and a secondary GNSS (L1), Wi-Fi (2.4, 5.8, and ...
Skynopy, the end-to-end ground station service startup, has raised €15 million in a funding round that includes the French government. Those investing include Alven, Expansion, Omnes and CNES, the French national space agency. Heartcore, the European fund that has previously lead Skynopy’s investments, also participated in the round. This investment supports the startup’s ambition to deploy a global network of ...
Taoglas, the antenna specialist, has launched its new Thunder Series – an outdoor antenna enclosure platform engineered to support direct integration and installation of the leading industrial routers within the antenna package. Designed for demanding outdoor environments, the series helps engineers optimize installations, reduce signal loss, and significantly lower deployment costs. Purpose-built for widely deployed routers from Digi, Ericsson, and ...
Antenna maker Taoglas has started manufacturing enclosures that include antennas. Called the Thunder series, the enclosures allow a router to be mounted outdoors, right next to the antenna “significantly reducing the need for long RF cables – cutting tens of meters per deployment – minimising signal loss”, according to the company. There are 14 ABS enclosures covering seven routers from ...
Taoglas, the San Diego antenna specialist, has brought out active, multi-band GNSS antennas. Levity Series’ AHP24510 (L1/L2/L-Band) and AHP54510 (L1/L5/L-Band) directional patch antennas are optimized for GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, and BeiDou satellite constellations. Triangulation across several satellites provides faster and more accurate acquisition and lock onto signals, particularly in built-up areas. The L-Band capability means Levity Series antennas also work ...
Taoglas, the antenna and IoT component specialist, has brought out AntennaXpert, a suite of digital tools to streamline, simplify, and customise antenna design and integration. Available on the Taoglas website, the toolset includes Taoglas Antenna Integrator, Antenna Builder, and Cable Builder. The Taoglas Antenna Integrator—enables users to preview their embedded antennas, including multiple or MIMO antenna systems’ performance in the ...
Mouser Electronics is stocking modules that combine Bluetooth and Zigbee radios with a secured microcontroller. Called WBZ350, they are made by Microchip and based on its PIC32CX-BZ family of 32bit wireless MCUs, in this case a PIC32CX5109BZ31032 with a 64MHz Arm Cortex M4F processor. There are two versions: WBZ350PE has an on-board antenna WBZ350UE has a U.FL connector for an ...
The electromagnetic equivalent of smoke rings have been generated at GHz frequencies by researchers from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. These semi-stable toroidal electromagnetic structures were first theoretically proposed in 1995 by Hellwarth and Nouchi at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Since then, according to the China-Singapore team, ...
Toshiba has just released a 700MHz to 5GHz single-pole, double-throw antenna switch in a 1.9 x 1.9mm WCSP package. “TCWA1225G offers an input peak power of 46dBm – at 8dB PAR,” the company said. “This has been achieved by adopting Toshiba’s original CMOS process and optimising the internal switching circuitry.” The process also reduces insertion loss, typically to 0.6dB at ...
A grant from the Pivot into Space programme is funding a Novocomms R&D project to develop a next-gen PNT (positioning, navigation and timing antenna) system for use in space. Pivot into Space is a programme being led by the Midlands Aerospace Alliance. It has funding from the UK Space Agency that is matched by industry. The idea is for the ...
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