Polymer antenna has bandwidth for HD video
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Omron product story
Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team
Sep 26, 2006
Polymer antenna for ultrawideband communications is targeted toward high-definition and other telecast quality video transmission applications.
Omron is set to release the world's first commercial polymer antenna for ultrawideband (UWB) communications targeted toward high-definition (HD) and other telecast quality video transmission applications.
Shipping in mass production volume to HDTV and related DVD and projector equipment manufacturers is scheduled to start in spring 2007.
The new antenna will be unveiled for preview at Omron's booth in the Ceatec Japan 2006 exhibition to be held at Makuhari Messe, near Tokyo, from 3rd to 7th October 2006.
Omron's latest UWB antenna addresses a clear market need as growing numbers of consumers worldwide upgrade to enjoy the superior HD viewing experience.
HDTVs and related DVD players and scalers equipped with this antenna enable consumers to experience telecast quality HD video in their own homes, while eliminating the cost and inconvenience of unsightly cables and wires.
Viewing HD content wirelessly requires stable and reliable video transmission.
Multiple-input/multiple-output wireless technology that optimises chipset design with antenna, to prevent typical jitters and flickers, can provide this reliability.
In particular, demand has been increasing from HDTV ODMs and OEMs for a high-performance antenna optimised with the UltraMIMO technology developed by Silicon Valley-based Tzero Technologies, a leading provider of UWB chipsets for high-quality, wireless, video transmission.
Now, in a world-first, Omron has met this need with a polymer antenna that maintains flatness in gain and omnidirectivity within standards-based UWB guidelines.
"The antenna is an important part of any wireless solution", said Dan Karr, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Tzero.
"Omron provides an exceptional implementation - optimised for the challenging application of video transmission - that should meet the needs of even the most demanding consumer device manufacturer".
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