RF Antenna Design Services
Antenna design services involve the comprehensive process of creating and optimizing antennas to meet specific performance criteria and regulatory standards for various applications, such as telecommunications, aerospace, automotive, and IoT. Antenna design begin with a thorough requirements analysis to understand the client’s needs and define technical specifications. The process includes conceptual design, advanced simulation and modeling using tools like HFSS or CST Microwave Studio, followed by physical prototyping. Antenna Design is a critical aspect of any wireless system. The range of any good RF product is highly dependent on the antenna design, the mechanical enclosure, and a good PCB Design and layout. With over 25 years of experience designing embedded products featuring technologies such as Bluetooth, RFID, NFC and LoRa to multi-band GSM, 3G, 4G/LTE, Wi-Fi and UWB systems, Mistral has the expertise to provide RF Antenna Design Services that cater to myriad product needs.
RF Antenna Design is often one of the key reasons for the failure of an RF or wireless product. Irrespective of the RF/wireless technology used in a product, embedding the antenna into the product design can reduce the overall product cost and size. Antenna Design is a complex process requiring high-end simulation tools and experienced antenna designers. The need for Antenna Design offering top-class performance is often overlooked during the product ID design stage. There is a direct tradeoff between antenna performance and mechanical constraints. Focus on a custom RF Antenna Design at the onset of the project will ensure optimal RF performance and a faster time to market.
RF Antenna Design
Mistral is among the leading RF design companies in India with a well-equipped test and measurement infrastructure for Antenna Design services, of high-end spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators, LTE/3G testing tools as well as tools for simulation and prototyping. Our Antenna Design services is complemented by a strong eco-system of partners to handle small and large volume production. Mistral has the expertise and experience in working with small form factors and solving complex RF Antenna tuning issues. Mistral’s strength in Antenna Design extends to active and passive RF and Microwave circuits, sub-systems, and full systems. Our Antenna Design services ensure impedance matching and reduced power losses between the antenna and active electronics and offer good transmission lines for a low loss conducted RF signal path. Our antenna design services team takes into account PCB material, layer stack, component tolerances and matching topology losses while designing the product.
RF Antenna Design Services
Mistral also provides custom RF antenna design for your specific product design. Our engineering team assists in designing an antenna to optimize your design for technical functionality and cost savings. Mistral has extensive expertise in Antenna Design, analog and digital circuits and productization of embedded devices in the Automotive, Wearables, Consumer, Medical, IoT and Industrial domain. Mistral uses state-of-the-art RF and Antenna Design and simulation tools to optimize antenna performance for your specific application, addressing challenges such as gain and pattern regulatory restrictions, efficient matching to the radio system, and environmental and mechanical requirements.
Mistral’s highly experienced team works directly with customers to evaluate antenna characteristics and performance factors. The team is focused on developing optimal antenna design services, including frequency band, gain and pattern shaping, radiation efficiency, and required form factors. Mistral has experience in designing, testing and manufacturing of RF antennas from low band frequencies to mmWave. Click here to read a blog on Wearable Antenna Technologies and their applications and IoT Antenna Technologies and Factors Influencing Antenna Selection.
Expertise
RF Antenna Design Technologies
- Cellular (4G/3G/2G)
- 5G NR FR1 (sub 6 GHz) / 5G NR FR2 (mmWave) / 5G Massive MIMO Antenna
- mmWave – 60GHz (Industrial), 77GHz (Automotive), D Band (110-170GHz)
- Custom ISM (433 MHz / 900 MHz / 2.4 GHz / 5.8 GHz)
- GNSS and Satellite
- Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
- Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
- RFID and IrDA
Antenna Design Types
- Mistral’s RF Antenna Design support the following Antenna Types
- Monopole
- Dipole
- Loop
- Helical
- Microstrip Patch Antenna
- PIFA/IFA
- Slot
- Omni antennas for indoor application
System Architecture
- Specification based on customer inputs, end-user needs and compliance requirements.
- Designing and testing for EMI and EMC
- Providing support for FCC/CE certification
- Test Software Development to support Antenna verification, validation
Antenna Integration
- COTS antenna selection & impedance matching
- Cost-benefit & performance analysis
- Co-location of multiple antennas & de-correlation
Antenna Testing
- Measured 2D | 3D performance and efficiency
- Peak gain, gain versus angle, efficiency, directivity, polarization.
- PIMD Testing
- OTA cellular pre-compliance. TRP, and TIS measurements
- S-parameters | Return Loss | VSWR
- Passive and active measurements
Power and Performance Optimization
- Transmission Line Optimization
- Transmission Line Design
- Gerber Design Review
- Performance / Certification Readiness Review
- Filter Design
- Matching
- Noise Reduction
- Simulation Tools- ANSYS (HFSS), CST, AWR. Keysight ADS
RF Antenna Design Technologies
- Cellular (4G/3G/2G)
- 5G NR FR1 (sub 6 GHz) / 5G NR FR2 (mmWave) / 5G Massive MIMO Antenna
- mmWave – 60GHz (Industrial), 77GHz (Automotive), D Band (110-170GHz)
- Custom ISM (433 MHz / 900 MHz / 2.4 GHz / 5.8 GHz)
- GNSS and Satellite
- Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
- Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
- RFID and IrDA
Antenna Design Types
- Mistral’s RF Antenna Design support the following Antenna Types
- Monopole
- Dipole
- Loop
- Helical
- Microstrip Patch Antenna
- PIFA/IFA
- Slot
- Omni antennas for indoor application
System Architecture
- Specification based on customer inputs, end-user needs and compliance requirements.
- Designing and testing for EMI and EMC
- Providing support for FCC/CE certification
- Test Software Development to support Antenna verification, validation
Antenna Integration
- COTS antenna selection & impedance matching
- Cost-benefit & performance analysis
- Co-location of multiple antennas & de-correlation
Antenna Testing
- Measured 2D | 3D performance and efficiency
- Peak gain, gain versus angle, efficiency, directivity, polarization.
- PIMD Testing
- OTA cellular pre-compliance. TRP, and TIS measurements
- S-parameters | Return Loss | VSWR
- Passive and active measurements
Power and Performance Optimization
- Transmission Line Optimization
- Transmission Line Design
- Gerber Design Review
- Performance / Certification Readiness Review
- Filter Design
- Matching
- Noise Reduction
- Simulation Tools- ANSYS (HFSS), CST, AWR. Keysight ADS