Atlantik Elektronik offers with the new NB-IoT antenna Latona a novel antenna from Antenova´s family lamiiANT. The Latona is for LP-WAN applications including the new 3GPP-standards Cat. NB1 (NB-IoT) and Cat. M1 as well as Sigfox, LoRa and Weightless-P. The antenna is particularly suitable for use in industrial and automotive applications as well as Smart Metering, Smart Building and Smart Cities.
With dimensions of only 20 x 11 x 1.6mm the Latona is one of miniature antennas. As recent member of the lamiiANT family the Latona enables a wide frequency range from 791 MHz to 960 MHz and can be operated in a wide ambient temperature range from -40°C to +140°C.
The Latona can reach a maximum gain of -1.50dBi with an average efficiency of 60% (frequency range of 791-824 MHz) as well as 65% (frequency range of 824-960 MHz). The SMD antenna is shipped on tape and reel and such best suited for normal assembly in high volumes. The Latona comes in Left and Right hand versions to optimize placement.
Antenova’s antenna design team has adopted a philosophy of Design for Integration (DFI) where the design approach is to create an antenna that a product designer can place on a PCB and integrate with the other circuits in a convenient way, rather than designing a product to fit around the antenna.
In addition to the NB-IoT antenna Latona, Atlantik Elektronik offer the matching multi-mode module BG96 for LTE Cat-M1 & Cat-NB1 & EGPRS from his partner Quectel. The module is based on the MDM9206 chipset from the Atlantik Elektronik partner Qualcomm. The antenna featured a extremely low power consumption.
Therefore it is a perfect solution for battery-powered IoT applications and is also suitable for voice and SMS message services.