Ethertronics Broadens Ceramic Antenna Product Line with New Embedded Models

(Product News, 12 Dec 2007)

Ethertronics Inc. has expanded its Savvi ceramic antenna product line with new high-performance embedded antennas, which are designed to address the challenge of incorporating multiple functions into portable devices. The new products include a compact Bluetooth antenna, wireless local area network (WLAN) antenna, WiMAX antenna and combination PCS/WiMAX antenna. Ethertronics' antennas contain the company's patented Isolated Magnetic Dipole (IMD) technology that makes them immune to frequency shifts because of their high-isolation characteristics.

The smallest of the new antennas, the compact Bluetooth antenna, measures a mere 5x3x1.3mm and is ideal for integration into small, handheld portable devices. The WLAN ceramic antenna operates at 2.4GHz-2.5GHz and 4.9GHz-5.8GHz frequency bands and measures 7x4x1.3mm. This antenna is ideal for notebooks and RF modules and addresses the growing demand for WLAN functions in an array of electronics devices. The third addition to the Savvi line is a WiMAX antenna that operates on either the 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz or 3.5GHz frequency bands and measures at 14x4x1.3mm. Focusing on the growing convergence trend, the ceramic WiMAX antenna is an ideal solution for multi-functioning handsets. The final addition to the line is a diversity PCS/WiMAX combination antenna that measures 9.6x3x1.3mm and operates on the 1.93GHz-1.99GHz and 2.5GHz-2.7GHz frequency bands.

Every antenna in Ethertronics' Savvi line has the ability to co-locate with the main antenna without experiencing frequency shift and RF interruption, which can ultimately hinder performance and reception. In addition, the IMD technology enables Ethertronics' ceramic antennas to have equivalent performance specifications to that of metal antennas.

This past September, Ethertronics announced the initial launch of the Savvi Ceramic Antenna product line that included a Bluetooth-only and a novel GPS/Bluetooth combination antenna.

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