Innovative new range of UWB antenna to launch at Embedded World 24

Experience three new BodyWave antennas announced by AntennaWare at Embedded World 24, strengthening the company's offering in the UWB frequency.

As the first commercially available antenna particularly designed to mitigate the unique reliability challenges experienced by wireless wearables, these antennas offer outstanding performance at a range of frequencies, including 1.9GHz, 2.4GHz, and UWB.

Each new UWB antenna has been developed in direct response to the market's growing interest in UWB as a wireless technology and complementing the existing 6.5GHz BodyWave UWB Channel 5 antenna. Included in the new range is the smallest BodyWave antenna, with a size of 5mm x 5mm x 2mm, opening up many new use cases for the range compared to what was previously possible.

Commenting on these latest additions to the range, AntennaWare CEO Dr Gareth Conway explained, "As the world moves up in frequency, the problem of body blocking becomes even greater for wireless devices placed close to or on the body, increasing the requirement for BodyWave antennas. As the only real solution to this issue, it's no surprise we are seeing very strong interest in BodyWave antennas for applications across market sectors, including pro and consumer audio, sports and healthcare."

AntennaWare commercial director Jonny McClintock adds, "Market demand has led directly to the development of the new antennas, and we are most excited to bring a significantly smaller form factor to the market. With the result that many more wearable devices will benefit from the performance gains achieved by BodyWave when compared to existing chip and pin antennas – typically 10-20dB increased link budget in challenging wireless scenarios such as non-line-of-sight and free space."

In addition to the new UWB antenna range, the company team will run a series of live demonstrations of the performance and reliability gains achieved by the new antennas across a range of RF frequencies (2.4GHz, DECT, UWB and sub-GHz) and in wearable applications covering audio, healthcare, sports wearables and industrial IoT asset tracking.

Embedded World 24, Booth 3-109, 9-11 April 2024.