SPECIFICATION Part No. : GW.17.07.0250E Product Name : 2.4GHz 2dBi Click-in Terminal Dipole Antenna 250mm RG-178 cable IPEX MHFI Feature : High radiation performance Stable efficiency, gain and radiation patterns on different mounting environments and ground-planes Hinged 90 degrees RoHS Compliant SPE-12-8-014/D/ZL Page 1 of 30 1. Introduction The GW.17 Clickin Terminal Antenna is a high performance robust 2.4GHz dipole antenna designed for quick assembly onto finished products. The specially designed click in plastic head greatly reduces the assembly time and cost compared with most terminal antennas with connector. The standard product comes with 250mm low loss RG-178 cable and IPEX MHFI (U.FL) connector. Having the cable and IPEX connector coming out directly from the housing eliminates the need for a separate costly cable assembly and bulky mating connector on the device. Many module manufacturers specify peak gain limits for any antennas that are to be connected to that module. Those peak gain limits are based on free-space conditions. In practice, the peak gain of an antenna tested in free-space can degrade by at least 1 or 2dBi when put inside a device. So ideally you should go for a slightly higher peak gain antenna than mentioned on the module specification to compensate for this effect, giving you better performance. Upon testing of any of our antennas with your device and a selection of appropriate layout, integration technique, or cable, Taoglas can make sure any of our antennas peak gain will be below the peak gain limits. Taoglas can then issue a specification and/or report for the selected antenna in your device that will clearly show it complying with the peak gain limits, so you can be assured you are meeting regulatory requirements for that module. For example, a module manufacturer may state that the antenna must have less than 2dBi peak gain, but you dont need to select an embedded antenna that has a peak gain of less than 2dBi in free-space. This will give you a less SPE-12-8-014/D/ZL Page 2 of 30