ANTENNA DESIGN

How to implement an antenna that delivers optimal wireless connectivity for the user? Can you use an off-the-shelf antenna, or is custom antenna required? How can your product meet the regulations and official certifications? How to optimize the RF performance while reducing the development time and costs? All this, and more, is defined in Antenna Concepting.

Antenna Concepting describes the best-practice antenna design approach for your product – a design framework. The outcome report includes aspects such as the antenna structure, components to be used and their placements, and interfaces, wireless technology including band variants, manufacturing method, and optimal implementation model: an off-the-shelf or custom-made antenna. It also identifies possible mechanical requirements imposed on the product and provides a simulation-based performance forecast.

Properly conducted Antenna Concepting reduces your workload and avoids costly and time-consuming amendments later in the antenna design – when each change can have complex ramifications for several other branches of the product development.

In Prototype Verification, the RF performance is measured with a physical prototype for the first time during the process. On the other hand, this is the final step before entering the mass-production phase, which is why it is critical – the RF performance can still be optimized easily using the prototype. After you have manufactured products, it is much more difficult and costly to make modifications – and, they compromise the overall product quality, or in the worst case, produced batches will have to be scrapped.

Prototype Verification can be started with a non-functional prototype. Software, for instance, is not needed. Over-the-air (OTA) measurements such as TRP and TIS can be carried out optionally.

The purpose of the prototype verification is to optimize and fine-tune the antenna performance and make sure the product fulfills the regulations, certifications, and operator requirements. The matching components are tuned with the final settings. As a result, you receive the final verification report with an updated design and CAD drawings. You are ready for manufacturing!

When the official certification tests are passed, you are finally ready to enter manufacturing! How can Radientum help you here? We can support you in many activities related to the antenna to smoothen your manufacturing process – e.g., introduce valuable and trusted partners, evaluate and validate production line testing, or verify the second source.