Fractal Launches New 900 MHz Antenna

Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc., a leading company providing wireless and electromagnetic applications, recently launched Whipbeater, a small high-performance 900 MHz antenna that equals or exceeds in performance those out-of-the-box antennas such as whips and stubbies. Based on FRACTAL’s proprietary fractal antenna technology, Whipbeater works like a big antenna despite remaining small, protected and hidden inside the enclosure.

“Previously you had to make the antenna part of your circuit board—with poor performance—or route the antenna outside the enclosure, which invites issues of ruggedness, weathering, vandalism, and appearance,” said inventor Nathan Cohen in a press release.

Though Fractal’s Whipbeater antenna remains small, protected and hidden inside the enclosure, it performs like a much bigger antenna on the outside. These kind of antennas work as a perfect and cost-effective solution for antenna needs in applications as diverse as remote sensing, vehicle location and inventory, remote surveillance and monitoring, and remote and smart switching and grids, among others.

Available as a 902-928 MHz ISM or other wideband at/near 900MHz, or custom dual and multiband models, Whipbeater antenna has already been shipped in numbers to leading companies across the globe. Moreover, Fractal has ramped up production to meet the volumes of diverse application needs.

Backed by over three dozen U.S. and international patents, plus dozens of patents pending, Fractal Antenna Systems is the recognized pioneer in fractal technology, with extensive research and field experience over 16 years in business. The company recently disclosed patent filing for a breakthrough technology in heat transfer and dissipation. The technology uses fractal shapes, a complex pattern built up from repeated and scaled repetitions of a simpler one, to make infrared (IR) resonators that are broadband. Infrared is the part of the spectrum where heat gives off most of its energy and has the same properties as microwave, except at shorter wavelengths.

Rahul Arora is a TMCnet contributor. He has worked as an editor and freelance writer for several reputed organizations in India. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.