Wireless performance
Get stable range, throughput, and robustness even near a human or animal body.
Wearable and consumer devices
Antenna design for wearables
Turn wearable concepts into certified products.
Wireless produce development requires experienced engineers to avoid costly iterations during your development project, especially for wearable products. By using Radientum services for antenna/RF design, testing and EMI/EMC debugging, you are set for success.
Time-to-Market
Find and fix RF/EMI issues early with simulation‑driven design and rapid lab iteration
Cost Optimization
Reduce BOM by utilising exising mechanics or cost efficient manufacturing technologies like PCB trace antennas.
Experience
Proven, Independent Expertise for Wearables
With hundreds of completed projects we know the special challenges of developing wearables like smart watches, earbuds, animal trackers or smart jewelry. We do not lock you into specific manufacturer but instead allow you to optimize the outcome for your business needs.
Space Constraint
Wearable devices are compact and lightweight, requiring every millimeter of internal space to be carefully allocated. Antennas must coexist with batteries, sensors, and processors, leading to potential issues with Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Radio Frequency (RF) interference (EMI).
Body Interference
The human body, due to its conductive nature, can disrupt antenna signals, causing signal degradation. This “body effect” requires innovative antenna designs to mitigate signal loss and ensure stable connectivity.
Frequency Band Requirements
Wearable devices operate across various frequency bands, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, LTE/5G cellular networks, and GPS, to support multiple functions. These antennas often interfere with each other due to their proximity and the limited space available.
When to engage
ANTENNAS FOR YOUR WEARABLE
Antenna should be considered when device size, materials and use case itself is being developed. When you develop a wearable, delaying a chat with antenna specialist is expensive.
Animal tracker
Regardless of the technology you have chosen, you want to maximize the antenna performance to increase connection reliability and maximize battery life. It doesn’t matter if you are tracking a pet running in the woods or a cow far away in the pasture.
Wrist worn devices (Smart Watch)
Smart watch, health band or jewelry, you want to invest in industrial design without compromise on quality or cost. Specific absorption rate (SAR) is something to keep in mind as well.
Adaption of new technology
Have you developed BLE devices, but you are now considering Lora? Or maybe you are transitioning to LTE/5G? While each technology has its own benefits, they also have their challenges which are increased with the small formfactors of wearables.
OMNICORA technology demonstrator
Radientum introduces OMNICORA, the smallest LTE-M technology demonstrator powered by Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF9151 SiP. It’s antenna solution, tailored for wearable use cases, is able to meet AT&T operator requirements at the size of only 44 x 26 x 17mm.
Reference project
Extronics – Long distance Communication in process industry
When Extronics, a leader in hazardous area industrial wireless solutions and IoT devices, faced the challenge of developing a wearable LoRaWAN connected worker safety tag for large industrial sites, they knew they needed a reliable partner.
Simulation driven design
Simulation driven antenna, RF and EMC/EMI design supported by inhouse testing facilities allows Radientum to superchage your R&D to the next level.
- Faster time to market
- Better performance
- Higher revenue
- Reduced total cost
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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 sensing 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!
Relevant technologies
Radientum expertise covers all communication and RF sensing technologies used in wearable devices.
Cellular Antennas (2G–5G Sub-6)
Multiband cellular antennas meeting strict operator requirements for global connected products
GPS / GNSS Antennas
Integrated GNSS antennas delivering accurate positioning performance in challenging environments
Bluetooth Antenna Design
Efficient Bluetooth antennas and PCB traces improving BLE range and battery life reliably.
IoT Antenna Design
Robust IoT antennas maximizing range, battery life, and performance in harsh environments and installations.
Relevant services
Radientum services are tailored to support your R&D where it matters the most.
Custom Antenna Design
Tailored antennas maximizing performance, overcoming constraints, reducing BOM, and improving reliability.
EMC & EMI Testing Services
R&D, pre-cert, and official EMC/EMI testing to de-risk launches and schedules through actionable debugging.
Antenna Measurements
Verify, tune, and benchmark antenna performance with precise OTA and conducted measurements
Embedded Wireless Consultants
Flexible wireless and embedded engineers integrated seamlessly into your development team
Your antenna design partner
Radientum works with customers around the world to make amazing product with wireless connectivity and sensing.