Yageo — Chip Antennas Are Optimized for Use in Wireless LPWA Networks

Yageo supplies a comprehensive choice of chip antennas tailored for use in Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) radio networking equipment that complies with technologies such as the NB-IoT, LoRa® and Sigfox wireless communications protocols.

LPWA networks provide long-range communications at a low bit rate, while consuming little enough power that they can run for long periods from a battery power source. This makes LPWA networking technology ideal for IoT applications in market sectors such as smart cities, automotive, healthcare and industrial.

NB-IoT, LoRa and Sigfox, the most widely used technologies in LPWA wireless networking equipment, operate at various frequencies below 1GHz, as shown in the table. Yageo, which has applied professional design capabilities and high-quality manufacturing services to the antenna field for more than 15 years, can provide appropriate antenna designs to customers in chip, PCB and metal antenna formats.

For LPWA applications, the chip antenna type provides the best characteristics:

• Compact size
• Surface-mount package
• Omni-directional radiation
• High reliability
• High radiation efficiency
• Antenna performance and characteristics may be adjusted via matching circuit