NXP Makes UHF PCB Antenna Design as Easy as 1, 2, 3

New design tool helps electronics manufacturers implement RFID technology

Eindhoven, Netherlands – Electronic equipment manufacturers wanting to embed RFID technology in their products are now able to do so without needing deep UHF antenna design experience thanks to NXP Semiconductors’ (NASDAQ: NXPI) new online software tool. The RFID – PCB Antenna Designer tool helps implement antennas on a printed circuit board (PCB) in the UHF frequency range (840-960 MHz).

UHF antenna design is more complex than a typical HF antenna design and needs an expert understanding of the electronic design constraints. With the RFID – PCB Antenna Designer customers can simply input parameters, such as space available on the PCB, target performance, board materials, and target frequency range in the region of application to receive a turnkey UHF antenna design for their specific application. Additionally, the tool offers a comprehensive overview of all the features of the UCODE portfolio, enabling designers to select the right UCODE product for their application.
Facts/Highlights:

• RFID – PCB Antenna Designer online software tool speeds up RFID implementation in electronics equipment:
* Enables easy UHF antenna design on PCBs
* User friendly interface helps non-RFID experts design high performance antennas
* Customized and application-specific antenna design
• Produced with support from leading engineering companies, CST (Computer Simulation Technology) and Transim, the online design tool is available to use now:
* CST develops high performance software for the simulation of electromagnetic fields in all frequency bands
* Transim delivers innovative cloud application engineering solutions for online design support in the electronics industry
• The online RFID – PCB Antenna Designer tool currently supports the following packages:
* UCODE I2C in SOT902 package
* UCODE G2iL in SOT886 package
* UCODE G2iM in SOT886 package

Supporting Quotes:

• “For customers wanting the benefits of using RFID technology in their products the challenge of designing a good UHF antenna on their PCB board can often be quite daunting. We are helping customers overcome this hurdle with our latest online offering, the RFID – PCB Antenna Designer tool. Created to ease design problems, the tool delivers a full turnkey UHF antenna solution quickly with an outstanding level of performance,” said Mohammed Chemloul, customer application support (CAS) manager, business unit Identification, NXP Semiconductors.



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