New "Numerical Control Antenna" Helps Improve Cellular Signal and Battery Life

Smart machines have been developing in the direction of smaller size and higher performance, and a research team from the Aalto University in Finland has developed a revolutionary antenna technology that not only occupies a smaller area, but also helps Improves cell phone signal and extends battery life. Because various antennas used for different purposes such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, and cellular networks are arranged in the mobile phones, they not only occupy a place, consume a lot of energy, but also have certain interference.

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland hope to find a way to eliminate these disadvantages. The result is a new type of antenna made up of many smaller components.

It can self-regulate during use to capture any desired frequency. For example, when the mobile phone leaves the home Wi-Fi signal, the antenna can be turned to receive outdoor GPS signals in a "digital reconfiguration" manner.

Jari-Matti Hannula, a doctoral student at the university, said:

In this way, GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on smart machines do not need to prepare a separate antenna, and all data can be transmitted via the same digital control antenna.

The benefit of the new antenna is not only because it can also simplify the design of mobile phones, a mobile phone with a larger screen, and does not need to plug in an antenna that occupies a large space.

Unfortunately, such antenna technology cannot be used directly. We have to wait at least a few years before we can see the introduction of mobile phones using this technology component.

It is reported that the current research team is working with Huawei to test the commercial feasibility of this technology, but for now, it still remains at the conceptual stage.