16 May 2019

Fresh from the introduction of its embedded LTE antennas for LPWAN applications, Airgain has announced the release of its new family of 5G antenna solutions. The company says the new suite is designed to enable customers to easily add support for new 5G NR (Next Generation Radio) bands and deliver maximum performance with a range of form factors that fit their needs.

The new sub-6GHz (FGR1) NR antennas, according to the company, “leverage and build upon Airgain’s experience in development of multi-resonant, multi-band antenna design, providing ultra-wide-band performance out of a single antenna”. These new products enable customers to swiftly add 5G support to their small cells, gateways, access points, and end user devices using a single antenna solution, it claims.

“The new 5G bands hold the promise of enabling much faster connections for equipment.

However, they are incompatible with existing antennas, which means customers face the challenge of how they can swiftly and costeffectively provide access to the new capabilities,” says Kevin Thill, senior vice president of engineering at Airgain. “Our new family of 5G antenna solutions gives customers a range of options for how they can add 5G support to their equipment, enabling them to choose the right antenna to match their equipment form factor and use case and get their solutions to market quickly.”

Airgain says its new 5G NR antenna family features four new designs to match the needs of a range of equipment use cases.

They are an embedded global broadband antenna, embedded Q-series CBRS antenna, external CBRS and C-band high performing omni dipole antenna and the CBRS and C-band high gain panel array reference antenna.