Centurion Wireless Technologies Unveils A Low-Cost Internal WiFi Antenna Solution

BlackChip Internal Wireless Device Antenna Ideal for Portable Form Factor WiFi Applications

St. Louis, Mo. (April 18, 2005) - Centurion Wireless Technologies, Inc., a unit of Laird Technologies, and a designer and manufacturer of antennas for wireless communications, announces the availability of the BlackChip internal wireless device antenna. The RoHS compliant BlackChip is a low-cost WiFi antenna solution that is small, lightweight, and SMT compatible in lead free processes.

Centurion's BlackChip antenna is a portable wireless device appropriate form factor that simultaneously covers the frequency bands of 2.4 - 2.5 GHz and 4.9 - 6.0 GHz supporting the 802.11a, b and g; Bluetooth; HyperLan; and Unlicensed Network Information Infrastructure (U-NII) broadband applications. Offering high-gain performance, the Centurion BlackChip antenna provides an impedance of 50 ohms and generates omni-directional patterns at all frequencies with increased gain in the upper bands, achieving optimal coverage. The antenna is available in tape and reel packaging.

About Laird Technologies

Laird Technologies is the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of electromagnetic interference [EMI] shielding materials, thermal interface products, and wireless antenna solutions for the telecommunications, data-communications, computer, general electronics, network equipment, aerospace, defense, automotive and medical equipment industries.

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