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1.0 SCOPE
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This specification describes the antenna application and surrounding. The information in this
document is for reference and benchmark purposes only.
Antenna illustrations in this document are generic representations. They are not intended to
be an image of any antenna listed in the scope.
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FIGURE4.1.1 ANTENNA LOADED WITH REFERENCE PCB TESTED WITH VNA E5071C
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Requirements
DESCRIPTION EQUIPMENT Requirements (For Configure 2)
(For Configure 1)
Note that the above antenna performance is measured with just the antenna mounted on a
reference PCB to similar a free-space condition. When implement into the system, the frequency
resonant might be off-tune due to the loading of surrounding components especially metal plane.
This off-tune can be compensated through matching. Although module manufacturers specify a
peak gain limit, it is based on free-space conditions. The peak gain will be degraded by 1 to 2dBi
in the actual implementation as the radiation pattern will change due to the surround components.
As such, during selection of antenna, you can select one with high peak gain to compensate for the
loss. Molex can offer assistant to choose the best location and best tuning in-order to meet this
peak gain requirement.
FIGURE 4.3.1 RETURN LOSS OF ANTENNA AT 2.4GHZ IN FREE SPACE FOR CONFIGURE 1
FIGURE 4.3.2 RETURN LOSS OF ANTENNA AT 2.4/5GHZ IN FREE SPACE FOR CONFIGURE 2
Four locations with parallel plane ground have been evaluated and the location presentation is
shown in figure 7.1. The plane ground size is 60mm*30mm and we move the plane ground to four
locations for each test.
The antenna performance is better with larger distance between antenna and parallel plane ground.
The minimum distance between antenna and plane ground is recommended to be 10mm to
achieve acceptable RF performance for configure 1.
The minimum distance between antenna and plane ground is recommended to be 5mm to achieve
acceptable RF performance for configure 2.
FIGURE 7.1 FOUR LOCATIONS WITH PARALLEL PLANE GROUND (USING CONFIG1 FOR
ILLUSTRATION)
Four locations with vertical plane ground have been evaluated and the location presentation is
shown in figure 7.2. The plane ground size is 60*30mm and we move the plane ground to four
locations for each test.
The distance between antenna and vertical plane ground affect the antenna performance slightly.
The minimum distance between antenna and plane ground is recommended to be 10mm to
achieve acceptable RF performance for configure 1.
The minimum distance between antenna and plane ground is recommended to be 5mm to achieve
acceptable RF performance for configure 2.
FIGURE 7.2 FOUR LOCATIONS WITH VERTICAL PLANE GROUND (USING CONFIG1 FOR
ILLUSTRATION)
Two locations have been evaluated RF performance and these locations are shown in figure 7.3.
Figure 7.3.1, figure 7.3.2, figure 7.3.3 and figure 7.3.4 comparatively present the return loss and
efficiency at two locations.
The performance of location 1 is much better than location 2. So the location 1 (upper center location)
is the recommended location for this antenna.
FIGURE 7.3 TWO LOCATIONS ON REFERENCE PCB FOR CONFIGURE 1 AND CONFIGURE
2(USING CONFIG1 FOR ILLUSTRATION)
Three kinds of ground plane size were used for this study, which were 80mm*60mm, 60mm*40mm,
and 40mm*20mm.
From the test result we can see the antenna performance is the best using reference PCB size
FIGURE 7.4 ANTENNA WITH DIFFERENT PLANE GROUNDS (USING CONFIG1 FOR
ILLUSTRATION)
FIGURE 7.4.1 RETURN LOSS OF ANTENNA AT 2.4GHZ WITH DIFFERENT GROUND SIZES
FOR CONFIGURE 1
FIGURE 7.4.2 RETURN LOSS OF ANTENNA AT 2.4/5HZ WITH DIFFERENT GROUND SIZES
FOR CAONFIGURE 2