Netherlands-based Antenna Company, which specializes within the design of high-performance embedded antennas, on Nov. 12 launched a brand new Wi-Fi 6E MIMO antenna system designed to extend community capability, lengthen vary and scale back latency in enterprise and industrial IoT networks.
The antenna system allows simultaneous operation within the 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz frequency bands, leading to an extra 1.2 GHz of spectrum and better than 2x improve in out there channels.
Optimized for direct integration into wi-fi entry factors, Antenna Company’s design helps a complete of 15 antennas, together with devoted 4×4 5GHz + 4×4 6GHz + 4×4 2.4/5GHz Wi-Fi antennas. Cross-pair Wi-Fi antenna isolation of better than 45 dB is achieved for concurrent operation within the 5GHz band.
An further 0.9/2.4GHz IoT antenna is included to allow IoT use instances, together with tri-band 2.4/5/6GHz antennas for radio spectrum administration. The total antenna system is mounted on a steel backplate to allow mechanical, thermal and RF integration with the entry level, the corporate mentioned.
The design additionally comes with an Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) choice to allow Real-Time Location System (RTLS) providers similar to entry management, indoor navigation, asset monitoring and get in touch with tracing. The UWB antennas assist channels 5 and 9 for worldwide spectrum protection. To keep away from coupling and detuning between antennas, better than 30 dB of isolation is achieved between the UWB and Wi-Fi antennas.
The new Wi-Fi 6E + UWB antenna system, in response to the corporate, additionally options:
- compact design that permits dimension discount of enterprise access-points by 20% or extra, with out sacrificing antenna system efficiency;
- low-input impedance important to realize peak knowledge charges for 80/160 MHz channels;
- uniform radio protection to keep away from nulls and blind spots.
“Wi-Fi 6E enables the capacity, speed and latency needed to support the shift in network usage for enterprise and Industrial IoT markets. The addition of UWB gives our customers a scalable platform to offer new RTLS services,” CEO David Favreau instructed eWEEK.
“The adoption of high-performance WiFi 6E antenna systems is a key enabling technology to fully realize the benefits of the unlicensed spectrum between 5.925 and 7.125GHz,” mentioned Mark Hung, VP Technology and Engineering on the Wi-Fi Alliance.
For extra info, e-mail the corporate at [email protected].
