Up-front cost
Minimize upfront cost by utilizing COTS antennas
Services
Standard antenna integration
Why Integrate a Standard Chip Antenna?
A standard chip antenna or commercial off-the-shelf antenna(COTS) is your choice when you need to get your product to the market quickly. Developing hardware products is expensive, and the longer your product is developing, the more capital is tied before your product starts generating money.
With standard chip antennas, you can speed up the process while achieving good RF performance and get your amazing product out to your customers to enjoy.
Fast prototyping
Get to first prototype faster with pick-and-place COTS antenna
“Project with Radientum gave great results. Communication and collaboration during project was very good. Radientum adapted to all schedule changes which occured at our end.”
“Radientum was able to work with us and our electronics design subcontractor on appropriate level for our knowledge and capabilities (which were not that great in the beginning).”
“Antenna design is the most crucial part of a wireless rodcut and it must be designed by professionals like Radientum who have the right skills, equipment, and technique to analyze faster and provide a solution.”
“Radientum has always done exceptional work on our antenna projects. Their expertise is unmatched. They are very focused and result oriented, and persistent in pursuing the best possible performance.”
"Petri has been incredibly reliable. He's delivered on time and has helped us work through numerous issues during the development phase."
"Quick and prompt action during the project."
We're really happy of the work, deliverables and also that Radientum respect deadlines. It is a long time collaboration. Radientum always took time to answer our questions, even when we asked outside an in-progress activity.
"Defined field of expertise. Clear communication - to the point. Delivered what agreed."
When Should You Select an Off-the-Shelf Antenna?
When you can folllow antenna manufacturers integration instructions
A standard off-the-self antenna will serve you well, as long as you follow the instructions of the antenna manufacturers when it comes to placing and clearance of the antenna. These instructions are not optional guidance: not following them will most likely render the component useless.
You don't use potting or over-mold you PCB
If you are planning to mold your device or fill it with potting material you also need to be careful with your selection. While some off-the-shelf components will work with certain materials, others may not.
You have small production volumes
If your product has a small initial manufacturing volume and high uncertainty of future volumes, you want to avoid high up-front costs by using a standard antenna.
Our recent article helps you to decide on whether to design a custom antenna or integrate an off-the-shelf antenna.
The Design Process
Radientum helps device makers integrate off-the-shelf antenna components using our agile antenna design process. When using a standard chip antenna, you don’t need to spend resources designing the antenna structure, but the largest part of integrated antenna design is actually designing the environment, i.e. the rest of the device.
The process starts with a feasibility study or a concept where the antenna component and the location are selected. The possibility of following antenna manufacturers’ reference design is critical selection criteria but things such as PCB size or cover materials can be altered, thanks to our simulation-driven antenna design process.
We can simulate components from various manufacturers and provide accurate performance forecasts for different design choices. This allows you to make decisions based on data and avoid costly design changes with prototypes.
Why Choose Radientum’s Integration ApproachSomething Powerful
Antenna manufacturers can give support for antenna integration to their customers, but the support is limited to their products. Radientum is independent of any antenna manufacturers; therefore we are not biased towards using a certain component. We provide you the data to make informed decisions, and help you to release the full potential of the standard antenna component. You can use components from various manufacturers and we will support you with all of them. This is very important when placing several antennas in a small space, since antennas can easily interfere with each other.
Our Experience in Antenna Integration
Since 2015, Radientum’s antenna experts have successfully delivered more than 200 antenna and RF projects and helped more than 100 companies in all things antenna. With 100 years of combined antenna design and product development experience, we can help you in a broad range of antenna integration assignments, from wireless consumer handhelds, wearables, and hearables to all types of industrial devices and appliances.
Reference project
Grundium, Wiiste & Treon – Simulation driven antenna design for IoT and Medical
Discover how Radientum's custom IoT antennas have enhanced wireless solutions for medical and industrial applications, delivering impressive performance improvements.
Relevant services
Antenna Measurements
Verify, tune, and benchmark antenna performance with precise OTA and conducted measurements
EMC & EMI Testing Services
R&D, pre-cert, and official EMC/EMI testing to de-risk launches and schedules through actionable debugging.
Material RF characterization
Stand out with our captivating content creation services, tailored to engage today's digital audience
Extended Hardware Services
Extended hardware and certification support removing wireless risks from product development
Free 60 minute consulting
You have a vision of a wireless product. So, you know how the product should look like, what materials will be used, what’s the desired connectivity experience, and more. The first thing is to find out how these requirements affect antenna design and is the vision realistic. Feasibility Study enables you to do just that!