Antennas For Austria

June 15, 2011
BARCELONA SPAIN: To help reduce cost, save printed-circuit-board (PCB) space, and increase circuit reliability, radio-frequency-identification (RFID) components maker PREMO will provide low-frequency (LF) antennas for austriamicrosystems' ...

BARCELONA SPAIN: To help reduce cost, save printed-circuit-board (PCB) space, and increase circuit reliability, radio-frequency-identification (RFID) components maker PREMO will provide low-frequency (LF) antennas for austriamicrosystems' (AMS) AS3933 wake-up receiver. This receiver enables battery-powered systems to add remote wakeup capability. With sensitivity of 80 V RMS, it allows both range and bill-of-materials (BOM) cost to be optimized. In addition, the receiver's lowest current consumption of 2.7 A extends battery life. Covering 15 to 150 kHz, the AS3933 provides a digital RSSI value for each active channel.

The company is supplying its low-profile, high-sensitivity, three-dimensional (3D) coil received antenna, the 3DC15 series (3DC15-1000J/3DC15-0720). PREMO also will provide its emitter antenna, the KGEA-BFCR-series (KGEABFCR- B-0500J), which is designed to allow long emitting-reading distances in the smallest volume. Both antennas work at 125 kHz and are in mass production at Premo manufacturing sites in China and Morocco.

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Paul Whytock | Editor-in-Chief

Paul Whytock is European Editor for Microwaves & RF and European Editor-in-Chief for Electronic Design. He reports on the latest news and technology developments in Europe for his US readers while providing his European engineering audience with global news coverage from the electronics sector. Trained originally as a design engineer with Ford Motor Co., Whytock holds an HNC in mechanical, electrical, and production engineering.

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