VW Equipped By Fractal Antenna Systems From Ficosa
Barcelona Spain, - Ficosa Advanced Communications Business Unit, a developer of Automotive Integrated Antennas with Fractal Technology, recently announced the award of an important project by the German automotive car market VW.
Ficosa will equip two VW models with its innovative miniaturized antenna systems in which they will integrate the main radio antenna (AM/FM), the second diversity antenna (FM2), Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), telephone and GPS antenna. With this new contract, Ficosa consolidates its global position as technological supplier of antenna systems for automobiles.
Based on the Fractal antenna technology, Ficosa is able to propose ultra small antenna systems to be integrated into the car exterior mirrors of the vehicles. In order to address the high competitiveness of the automotive market, Ficosa, exclusive user of such technology, is able to propose complete antenna integration solutions in mirrors passenger cars and to respond to a clear market demand: benefits in the standardisation (use the same concept for several platforms including convertible without additional costs), simplification of manufacturing process, saving of costs related with the process (connectors or coaxial cables as example), capacity of integration and modularity of multiple communication services.
After a several years of R&D activities including extensive benchmarks and customers demos and pre-developments, the fruitful results make possible to develop specific applications like AM/FM, DAB, TV (both analog or digital standards), telephone, RKE (Remote Key Entry), GPS and satellite radio combining the two exterior-mirrors The concept can be used in passenger vehicles, as well as transporters and Trucks. In particular, the combination of the main AM/FM antenna plus a second FM 2 antenna in the opposite mirrors offers a very robust solution when diversity radio – option implemented today in a very large proportion in most of the vehicles and by most of the car markers - is present in the vehicle due its complete complementary location. Then, high performance is combined with optimised function cost solution for the car.
Ficosa forecasts such product will become the next standard for the incoming car generation and negotiates with other European an American car manufacturers the incorporation of these antenna systems in there models.
Ficosa is, thus, consolidating his position as the sole antenna supplier that propose a complete range of integrated antenna technologies, to develops products on the basis of the fractal antenna technology, covering mirrors and others plastic parts solution as well on-glass or new plastic polycarbonate solutions where Fractal antenna technology is addressing the limitations of such solutions. Partnerships agreement have been established with well established automotive companies to address such on-glass or new plastic solutions.
SOURCE: Ficosa Advanced Communications