Ceramic Chip Antenna Design

Smallest form factor ceramic chip antenna in the industry.

Ceramic chip antenna design.

Even with their small size and thin profile tdk antennas maintain high performance and reliability all with the industry s smallest keep out area on the pcb which enable ease of pcb design and revision at each development stage. There is a higher initial cost when purchasing ceramic chip antennas and their required support components. The ceramic chip antenna lacks performance slightly versus a pcb trace antenna. The core of these antennas is a proprietary ceramic compound described in the marketing blurb of the antenna product line as.

Extreme temperature stability 2ppm. The ceramic chip antenna is a component that you add to the board after the design phase has been completed. 2x 3x higher dielectric constant than any fr4 pcb or standard plastics. As with a pifa a copper cleared area and a ground plane are required as shown in figure 7.

Pifa antenna placement 3 2 ceramic dielectric antenna a ceramic dielectric antenna is smaller than a pifa or any other pcb antenna because the active element is wound around a high dkceramic slab which concentrates the electric field. Ceramic chip antenna antennas are available at mouser electronics. Mouser offers inventory pricing datasheets for ceramic chip antenna antennas. Furthermore they accommodate expedient hardware modifications since they utilize a surface mount configuration.

Tdk s ant series ceramic chip antennas feature compact and low profile designs utilizing low temperature co fired ceramic technology ltcc. Overall the ceramic chip antenna allows for greater tuning versatility during development since it is added to the pcb after the design phase completes. Surface mountable dielectric chip antennas are result of harmonizing our long experience in ceramic material process technologies for high frequency applications together with cutting edge rf design technologies.