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2021

“By joining forces with Abracon, we increase our geographic footprint through Abracon’s excellent global sales channels. Together with the Abracon antenna team, Proant will continue to develop and supply antenna solutions supporting market needs.” said Tomas Rutfors, CEO and founder of Proant.

“The addition of Proant is Abracon’s first acquisition in the antenna space and is an important strategic building block in Abracon’s overall antenna products strategy,” said Mike Calabria, Abracon’s president and CEO. “Proant’s technical expertise combined with its patented technology will accelerate Abracon’s position in the antenna market. Abracon’s global footprint combined with its industry-leading distribution network will bring Proant’s technology to customers across the globe.”

Read more in the press release.

Founded in 1992, Abracon, LLC is an industry leader in passive components, providing frequency control & timing device, RF & antenna, and inductor & connectivity solutions through a global distribution network. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Abracon has sales, operations, design and application engineering resources across the globe. With service, quality, and technical expertise at the company’s core, Abracon powers the AEL Crystals, Ecliptek, Fox, ILSI, MMD and Oscilent brands while enabling innovative, connected IoT solutions in markets spanning data communication, transportation, industrial, medical, aerospace, defense and beyond. Learn more at www.abracon.com.

Our antennas can be found in several of Raspberry Pi’s products. Eben Upton, Raspberry Pi and Tomas Rutfors, Proant explain the great advantages of The Niche Antenna Concept in this video.

Adafruit has made a review of Proant’s OnBoard SMD 2400 Mini in their blog. Check it out here. 

You will get a good insight on how to implement the OnBoard SMD 2400 Mini and why you should use it.

We are happy to announce that Melexis has designed in the OnBoard SMD 2400, for BLE operation, on a reference design board for their Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS).

Review the Melexis presentation here.

Proant offers varied working tasks in development projects together with international customers on a worldwide market. Are you the one we’re looking for?

Get more info and apply here.

Proant’s Expert Article in the Swedish trade/business magazine Elektroniktidningen.

In issue 1, fresh from the printer press, Mr Tomas Rutfors, CEO, has written an article on the Proant patented Niche antenna. Read about the Niche’s unique properties and great versatility.

Elektroniktidningen is the main news source for professionals in the Swedish electronics industry, digital version of article is found here.

Proant will be one of the exhibitors at Embedded World DIGITAL 2021, March 1 – 5.

Come visit Proant’s virtual booth at this year’s upcoming Embedded World!

Let us guide you through Proant’s broad portfolio of antennas for Bluetooth, Wifi, Zigbee, Sixfox, LoRa, GNSS, NB-IoT, LTE… and how we will support you through your product design process.

Get your free ticket here: Tickets | embedded world (embedded-world.de)

2020

OnBoard SMD promotion video release

Proant proudly presents its first promotion video. Discover the unique features of the OnBoard SMD series. 

Summary of White Paper

The market demand for multiband NB-IoT and LTE coverage is increasing rapidly. Furthermore, products tend to decrease in size. To meet these demands, Proant presents a tunable antenna solution, using the patented Niche antenna concept with active switching.

Proant proves the Niche antenna concept works well for multiband purposes by active switching.

We are proud to announce the launch of the newly redesigned  website. It features a modern design, better and improved functionality, and easy access to essential information. 

Our new company website is also part of the ongoing evolution of the ProAnt brand. The design is more modern, intuitive and with this new look, we wanted to make the user experience as simple as possible.

It is easy to use and easy to navigate, we now have a clearer structure featuring a drop-down menu on the top of the page for a streamlined experience.

2019

Elektroniktidningen, ETN (Swedish)

Fler Proantantenner hos Ublox

2018

A lesson in wireless engineering from the Raspberry Pi.

 The Senior RF Engineer Carl Turner at Laird Connectivity Solutions, has made a glowing review of the Proant Niche Antenna on the Raspberry Pi Zero in Embedded Computing Design.

Proant Dual Band Niche antenna licensed to Raspberry Pi

For the second time, Proant antenna technology is present on the annual Raspberry Pi product release. The Pi B+ uses a Proant designed antenna for 2,4 and 5 GHz radio.

NEW PRODUCT! OnBoard SMD GSM NB-IoT

Proant proudly presents a new antenna to join its OnBoard SMD family!

Onboard™ SMD antenna for embedded products on the cellular GSM UMTS(3G) and NB-IoT bands

Optimized for NB-IoT, B8 and 20

Robust design – immune to vibration and shock (in accordance with IEC 60721-3-5 – Class 5M3)

The antenna is available in May 2018.

InSide™ GSM/NB-IoT Antenna

NEW PRODUCT! InSide™ GSM/NB-IoT Antenna

Proant proudly presents a new antenna to join its InSide™ antenna family!

InSide™ GSM/NB-IoTis a ground plane independent antenna including coaxial cable with MHF (U.FL) connector and are supplied with adhesive.

Optimized for NB-IoT, B8 and 20

The antenna also covers GSM 900 (880-960 MHz) and GSM 1800 (1710-1880 MHz)

2017

Proant Niche antenna licensed to Raspberry Pi

We are happy to support Raspberry Pi with a high performance printed antenna for IoT devices through

licensing the Proant Niche antenna.

Some news articles on the subject:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/pi-zero-w-wireless-antenna-design/

http://etn.se/index.php/nyheter/63274-ny-umeaantenn-i-senaste-raspberrykortet

2016

Press release, Umeå 2016-05-12

Proant AB approved supplier to Bosch Automotive Electronics

Proant AB has been approved supplier of antennas for Bosch Automotive Electronics and their Multi-Market products for the Internet of Things (IoT).

“It is a very nice recognition of our processes and that our quality meets the requirements of a highly recognized company such as BOSCH. To be approved as a supplier Proant AB also have demonstrated the technical expertise and ability to deliver the best performance for high-end products that are world-class. I am very proud of what our team in a short time has been able to achieve.” Says Tomas Rutfors, CEO Proant AB.

About Proant AB: Proant AB develops, manufactures and sells antennas primarily for Machine to Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Proant AB has its head office in Umeå and sales offices in Heilbronn, Germany.

Contact: Tomas Rutfors, CEO Proant AB, Tel +46 90-40150, Email: Tomas.Rutfors@proant.se

Proant website: www.proant.se 

New! Antenna for IoT – Bluetooth – WLAN applications

January 29, 2016, Product release from Proant – Onboard SMD WLAN for 2.4 and 5 GHz Bands. Compact size. High performance. At Proant we are confident that the new Onboard SMD antenna for WLAN 2.4 and 5 GHz bands will meet the challenge that designers experience to comply with end users ever increasing demand for small, compact devices.

Make sure to download the new Proant Onboard SMD WLAN Antenna application note at:

2014

Proant is now releasing two new antennas in the OnBoard™SMD family.

The two new antennas are:

»OnBoard™SMD GSM/UMTS

»OnBoard™SMD 868/915 MHz

»OnBoard™SMD product line (PDF)

Proant takes embedded antenna integration one step ahead by combining high performance and low cost in the new concept OnBoard™ SMD family.

Traditionally,small low cost antennas for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assembly have been manufactured with some kind of dielectric substrate as base for the radiating structure. With this approach the antenna normally has the shape of a rectangular block, which results that all PCB surface below the antenna is prevented for use of other components. Another more obvious drawback is that the substrate itself introduces dielectric losses to the antenna and reduces the total efficiency.

Proant decided to take the concept of small SMD antennas one step ahead, with the focus to increase the performance and design flexibility in combination with low cost and manufacturability. The result is the OnBoard™ SMD antenna family which originates from the previous OnBoard™ antenna concept, but is a surfacemounted sheet metal antenna, packaged tape on reel why it is suitable for high volume manufacturing. One of the key features which eliminate the need of a dielectric substrate, used in other SMD antennas, is the capacitively loaded foot print of the supporting pins of the antenna (pending patent) that significantly reduces losses and increases the performance.

The first two products to be launched from this family are:
OnBoard™SMD 2400 (2.4GHz band)
OnBoard™SMD GPS (GPS and Glonass)

Several other variants are on its way, and planned to be released during 2014:
WLAN dual band
868/915MHz
GSM

“We wanted to simplify antenna integration for our customers” says Tomas Rutfors, CEO of Proant.
“The solution was to make a simple product which satisfies both engineering and sourcing aspects. With the OnBoard™ SMD family, we have defined a new product segment which didn’t exist before.”