Antenova Ltd.'s unique antenna technology improves signal quality such that data transfer rates are multiplied, allowing handsets to support broadband services, such as playing video clips, a feat that has proved elusive to date.

Antenova's high dielectric antenna (HDA) technology enables two or more antennas to listen independently, even though they may be mounted within millimeters of each other.

Based on an advanced ceramic material, reception sensitivity is improved significantly compared to a conventional copper antenna, and antenna dimensions are so small that they are easily mounted inside a handset.

This antenna allows the implementation of antenna diversity, which allows next-generation phones to achieve the headline-making 3G service. The company says field trials have shown that using two antennas can improve data reception speeds fourfold. That equates to the difference between making an ordinary voice call and experiencing a video conference.

The antenna increases handset data rates while reducing power consumption and improving network performance. They selectively filter removes unwanted signals, thereby reducing interference and diminishing “dead zones.” Despite being substantially smaller than conventional copper antennas operating at the same frequency, Antenova's antennas can deliver over 90-percent efficiency, enabling significant reductions in the power needed to transmit a signal, which in turn increases the talk time between battery recharges. Furthermore, Antenova's mobile terminal radio signal management technology can increase network capacity manifold, enabling more efficient use of spectrum and infrastructure.

The antennas are small enough to be mounted discreetly on or in common objects, such as street lamps, phone box roofs and telegraph poles. Due to their immunity to proximity de-tuning effects, multiple antenna sectors or operators can be accommodated to work with one base station.

The antennas function independently of their surrounding environment and can selectively filter out reception of unwanted signals at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. These antennas enable excellent isolation between coexisting protocols, therefore WLAN 802.11b can coexist on the same device, as can antennas for WLAN 802.11a and b.
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Antenova Ltd.'s HDA antenna allows handsets to support high-rate data services such as broadband, 3G and real-time video.