New digital antennas to make future smart phones more efficient
Posted on: 02/Sep/2016 10:34:31 AM
New digital antennas are the next best thing that may lead to the coming generations of smart phones being more energy efficient and up to 100 to 1000 times faster than current cell phones. Till now, Smartphone antennas are placed at the top and bottom of the screens, which means phone`s touch screen does not cover the entire phone. The new method has been developed by researchers at the Aalto University in Finland. With this method, antennas need less space and the phone display can be made larger and the phone design can be freer.
Speaking about this, the researchers said, In addition, battery life will be improved owing to the greater efficiency of the new method. With the new digital antennas, many Smartphone applications like GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi will no longer need their own antennas. All of the phone`s data transfer can take place through one digitally controlled antenna. This in turn makes phone design easier and enables a larger screen size as the antenna does not require so much space. Traditionally one antenna works with either one or a few different frequencies. With the new digital antennas, several small antenna elements can be combined to work together as one antenna that can be made to operate digitally with any frequency.
