Date: 07/06/2012

Vishay offers 4 new ceramic chip antennas operating at 868 MHz and 915 MHz

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has expanded its line of ceramic chip antennas with four new small-form-factor, MLCC devices designed for the reception and transmission of digital signals at frequencies of 868 MHz and 915 MHz.

The new Vishay Vitramon chip antennas comply with the MBRAI standard for portable communication while maintaining small outlines. The devices feature 50 ohms unbalanced tuning interfaces and operating temperature ranges from -40 °C to +85 °C.

The devices are optimized for medical telemetry and instrumentation, industrial automation, security and home automation systems, gas and water meters, remote sensing and control, and long-range RFID.

Device specification table:

Part # Operation frequency (MHz) Size (mm) Half-power tuned bandwidth (MHz) Frequency range (MHz)
VJ5301M868MXBSR 868 35 x 5 x 1.2 100 820 to 920
VJ5601M868MXBSR 868 15.5 x 10.5 x 1.2 140 800 to 940
VJ5301M915MXBSR 915 35 x 5 x 1.2 160 835 to 995
VJ5601M915MXBSR 915 15.5 x 10.5 x 1.2 160 835 to 995
These chips are manufactured in noble metal electrode technology (NME) with a wet build process and they offer a high-reliability, ceramic-oxide body construction. They are RoHS-compliant and are halogen-free per IEC 61249-2-21. The devices are designed to be assembled onto a PC board using a standard reflow process.

Samples and production quantities of the new chip antennas are available now, with a lead time of 9 weeks for larger orders.