Antenova, a provider of integrated antenna and RF solutions, announced the addition of the Indica 2.4GHz MDA ceramic chip antenna, designed for ease of integration into wireless devices.
Based on Antenova’s (News - Alert) patented MDA technology, Indica 2.4GHz MDA ceramic chip antenna is the smallest in the gigaNOVA range of standard antennas, company officials said. It is suitable for a wide range of embedded applications where space is limited and particularly in the proximity of metal objects, such as Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL), they added.
“We are experiencing a global mega-trend of connected devices, with an ever growing range of embedded wireless applications, devices and markets,” said Greg McCray, CEO of Antenova, in a statement.
With the market for ESL for retail stores alone is projected to be 5 billion units in North America and 10 billion units globally, Indica A10381 is extremely well suited for ESL devices, not only because of its very small size but because it performs especially well in the proximity of metal objects such as metal shelving and product tins, McCray added.
This high performing antenna, according to McCray, is highly resistant to de-tuning. “Indica may be the smallest and most efficient embedded antenna for 2.4GHz applications on the market,” McCray added.
Offering 70 percent efficiency, Indica A10381 is an ultra-small 2.4GHz MDA (News - Alert) ceramic chip antenna measuring a mere 3.3 x 1.6 x 0.65mm3 in size and weighs less than 0.016g. The antenna is suitable for all 2.4GHz applications such as Bluetooth wireless headsets and the new generation of Bluetooth Low Energy medical devices.
Indica A10381 is intended for SMD mounting, supplied in tape on reel and available for volume purchase through Antenova’s global network of leading distributors and agents, company officials said.
Antenova develops and supplies high performing integrated antennas for wireless for a wide range of embedded and M2M applications requiring cellular, Bluetooth, WiFi, WiMAX (News - Alert) and GPS (1.575 GHz) connectivity.
Earlier this year, Antenova announced its new DATANOVA 4G high performance nine-band antenna with LTE and GPS for the new generation of lightweight notebooks and netbooks, TMCnet reported.
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Edited by Tammy Wolf