[Tinyos-help] Antenna gain on tmote

Joe Polastre joe at polastre.com
Tue Jul 18 11:03:04 PDT 2006


Tmote Sky's antenna has about a 1-3dBi gain.  Impedance matching is
tough, and it took a few tries for us to get the right match.

-Joe

On 7/18/06, Matt Thompson <matt.thompson at lochisle.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know the dBi gain of the PCB antenna on the tmote sky
> modules??  We have layed out a board with fractus 1dBi gain antennas,
> and we're not getting close to the range of the tmote antennas.  Trying
> to figure out if this is due to lack of gain, or other
> design/manufacturing issues (unmatched impedance).
>
> Cheers,
> Matt
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