Application

Emergency Devices and Panic Buttons

( Emergency Devices and Panic Buttons )
Emergency Devices and Panic Buttons

A plethora of GPS enabled emergency devices are entering the market to support the US's E-911 and Europe's E-112 mandates which require the position of a mobile phone to be made available to all emergency call dispatchers.

GPS enabled emergency devices such as the Laipac S-911 use Sarantel's GeoHelix™ GPS antenna to provide stable reception in the harshest conditions including inside buildings and heavily wooded areas.

Sarantel antennas are omni-directional, which means that emergency tracking devices with the GPS antenna do not need a clear view of the sky for quality GPS reception. This eliminates the need to orient the device in order to achieve reliable performance, so even if a user were in a difficult position, i.e. lying on their back and unable to reach their phone, emergency services would still be able to locate their position.

While conventional antennas de-tune and lose efficiency when they come in contact with RF-absorbing materials like the user's hand or head, GeoHelix™ GPS antennas stay on frequency regardless of how they are used.

SPK Electronics Co. Ltd. not only provides competitive prices, excellent quality but also helps customers to solve technical problems, improve quality, reduce extra costs, and assist customers to become more competitive.

GPS Modules

( GPS Modules )
GPS Modules
For companies designing GPS modules the Sarantel Geohelix™ Antenna offers true 'plug and play' capability. The Sarantel patented deign is based on a high dielectric ceramic which ensures that signal energy is retained close to the antenna ensuring that performance is not degraded by the device housing.

Conventional antenna technology uses the overall design of the device to extend the 'resonating size' of the antenna leading to erratic performance when hand-held. This approach creates a major design issue as the antenna needs to be designed around the device housing. Sarantel's antenna technology provides a solution that can be embedded into any device, with confidence that the performance will be maintained, allowing the antenna to be treated as a standard component.

In addition, the broad beamwidth of the antenna ensures that GPS satellite signals are always tracked ensuring a higher level of accuracy and reliability even in built up urban and forest areas (where satellite signals are often blocked) and lower battery consumption compared to standard antenna technology.

SPK Electronics Co. Ltd. not only provides competitive prices, excellent quality but also helps customers to solve technical problems, improve quality, reduce extra costs, and assist customers to become more competitive.

Location Based Services

( Location Based Services )
Location Based Services
Location based services (LBS) are available to subscribers based on their current geographic location, which is received via GPS.

Business LBS applications are set to grow by nearly six-fold over the next six years as more put in place GPS and other location services for mobile resource management (MRM) and field force management (FFM). LBS is also paving the way for a host of consumer products, such as personal and pet trackers.

Sarantel customers have embedded the GeoHelix GPS antennas into a range of devices for businesses and personal use including:

Benefon TWIG Discovery GSM smart phone & GPS navigator
Alltigo LT100 asset management tagging solution
Laipac S-911 Personal Locator
Locatis PB100 dog tracking device

We have greatest experience and technique in manufacturing Frequency Controlled Products, GPS and Bluetooth Modules/Components and Products.

Military/Rugged

( Military/Rugged )
Military/Rugged
Navigation devices for the military, paramilitary and industrial specialised consumer applications have special requirements, including sturdy construction and first-rate performance in dangerous situations. They are also designed to the highest shock and vibration standards for use in harsh environments.

Sarantel's GeoHelix™ antennas meet these requirements. They are also omni-directional, which means that the devices do not need a clear view of the sky for quality GPS reception. This eliminates the need to orient the device in order to achieve reliable performance, so even if a user was in a difficult position, i.e. lying on their back and unable to reach their device , their position could still be located.

Sarantel's antennas are used in a number of military PDAs such as the RPDA300 ruggedised PDA designed by ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems) Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited and the SATHI PDA, a robust tactical GPS enabled PDA with integrated radio and customised GIS application for displaying military maps and location of other devices.

We have greatest experience and technique in manufacturing Frequency Controlled Products, GPS and Bluetooth Modules/Components and Products.

PDAs / PNDs

( PDAs / PNDs )
GPS is the latest enhancement to the current generation of PDAs and smart phones.

The Sarantel GeoHelix™ GPS antenna has been used in a range of PDAs and PNDs (Portable Navigation Devices) like the HP iPAQ RX5900 Travel Companion, Royaltek's Empus and TomTom's Mobile 5 Bluetooth GPS Receiver.

Handheld GPS products need to offer reliable reception while being used near humans. While conventional antennas de-tune and become inefficient when they come in contact with RF-absorbing materials like the user's hand or head, GeoHelix™ GPS antennas stay on frequency regardless of how they are used.

GPS-enabled PDAs and PNDs with a Sarantel antenna also work in random orientations because of the antenna's omni-directional capability. This removes the burden on users to orient the device in order to achieve reliable performance.

We have greatest experience and technique in manufacturing Frequency Controlled Products, GPS and Bluetooth Modules/Components and Products.

Sarantel antennas boost the performance of PDAs and PNDs and provide users with reliable GPS reception in the city, on the road, in the forest - or wherever they go!

We have greatest experience and technique in manufacturing Frequency Controlled Products, GPS and Bluetooth Modules/Components and Products.

Satellite Radio

( Satellite Radio )
XM Satellite Radio is a subscription-based audio entertainment system covering all of North America with over 160 channels of music, news, sports, and other great content.

Sarantel's SkyTune antenna provides great reception in a very small package by isolating the antenna from the receiver, and from the de-tuning effects of the user who is holding the radio.

Launched in January 2006, two great new portable radios using the SkyTune antenna are bringing live XM content to subscribers on the go:

Samsung Helix™ and Pioneer Inno™ XM2GO Portable XM Radio Receivers.

We have greatest experience and technique in manufacturing Frequency Controlled Products, GPS and Bluetooth Modules/Components and Products.

Sports and Games

( Sports and Games )
Sports and Games
The latest performance enhancer in sport and games is GPS. Sports men and women are using GPS enabled devices to track their pace, speed and distance across land, whilst urban gamers are using GPS handheld consoles to play games across our towns and cities.

GeoHelix™ GPS antennas use Sarantel's proven PowerHelix™ technology and offer significant benefits over patch antennas in handheld consoles and devices with GPS.

Achieving GPS accuracy has been a stumbling block to the uptake of urban gaming and its serious use as a performance enhancer in sports. High buildings can block GPS signals from satellites, creating positioning shadows, which can affect location accuracy.

Sarantel GPS antennas offer unparalleled performance in unstable environments such as urban canyons and heavily wooded areas because the antenna's circular polarisation pattern maximises GPS signals.

Handheld consoles and devices with a Sarantel antenna do not require a clear view of the sky for robust GPS reception because of the antenna's omni-directional capability. This eliminates the need for gamers and sports lovers to orient their GPS console or device in order to achieve reliable performance, enabling them to focus on their game.

Sarantel's GPS antennas can be embedded into handheld devices creating a more robust product for sports lovers and the growing community of gamers who prefer playing on the streets rather than on their sofas.

We have greatest experience and technique in manufacturing Frequency Controlled Products, GPS and Bluetooth Modules/Components and Products.

Telematics/Trackers

( Telematics/Trackers )
The science of marrying mobile phone communications and information from global positioning satellites to monitor a truck or van on the move has become known as vehicle telematics.
David Blackwell
Financial Times, 12 May 2003

Automobile navigation has become a standard offering among many vehicle brands. Businesses achieve great efficiencies in knowing where their mobile assets are and having the ability to deploy them rapidly. GPS has become an indispensable tool of a mobile workforce.

Sarantel's GPS antennas permit greater flexibility in integrating GPS functionality into the dashboard of a vehicle and help to significantly reduce the cost of integration. Patch antennas must be housed and mounted on the outside of the car.

Sarantel's GPS antenna can be put inside the car, in the boot, under the seat, or beneath the dashboard, saving cost in materials and installation. The GeoHelix™ antenna's omni-directional pattern ensures good performance in obscured environments.

We have greatest experience and technique in manufacturing Frequency Controlled Products, GPS and Bluetooth Modules/Components and Products.