Sarantel, a manufacturer of filtering antennas for mobile and wireless devices, has now begun volume shipments of its new SkyTune antenna, used in the upcoming Samsung Helix and Pioneer Inno XM Satellite Radio portables.

As Sarantel’s first non-GPS product, the patented antenna technology allows OEMs to drastically reduce the size of XM2go devices while simultaneously delivering 30–50% greater performance over conventional patch antennas.

Conventional antennas rely on the size of the radio to achieve good performance – not so with Sarantel’s patented PowerHelix antenna technology. Sarantel isolates the antenna from the device, allowing the radio to be made as small as the electronics will allow. Due to the particular design of the SkyTune antenna, it actually outperforms conventional patch antennas of larger size, even before considering the proximity tuning effects of the user holding or wearing the radio. The SkyTune antenna is immune to such effects and really shines when used in a portable product.

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