The overall RF performance of the system is significantly influenced by product design,
environment, and application. The product designer must ensure system-level shielding
(if required) and verify the performance of product features and applications. For
optimal wireless performance, consider the following guidelines:
The ATA8510 device must be positioned in a
noise-free RF environment and must be kept far away from high-frequency clock
signals and any other sources of RF energy.
The antenna must not be shielded by any metal objects.
The power supply must be clean and noise-free.
The ATA8510 Curiosity Board does not include RF
shielding on the top of the board by default.
For the ATA8510 Curiosity Board, the PCB antenna is
fabricated on the top layer and covered in a solder mask. The layers below the antenna
do not have copper trace. It is recommended to have the PCB antenna to be on the edge of
the host board and have no PCB material below the antenna structure and no copper traces
or planes on the host board in that area.
The following table lists the technical specification of the PCB antenna on the ATA8510 Curiosity Board:
