Agreement includes active and passive embedded GPS/satellite terminal antennas
Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RELL), whose new website features the latest products from the top suppliers for the most important RF/Wireless and Power Conversion applications, today announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with Sarantel (AIM: SLG), the leading manufacturer of revolutionary filtering antennas for mobile and wireless devices.
As the leading distributor of RF and Microwave components, Richardson Electronics offers technical expertise, value-added customer service, and a global sales footprint, which provides OEM/ODM companies with streamlined new product introduction and shorter design cycles. By combining Sarantel's active and passive embedded GPS/Satellite terminal antennas with other GPS components, including radio modules, Richardson Electronics can now provide customers with complete solutions engineered to their specific needs.
“Sarantel's high performance antenna will complement our embedded solutions offering, providing more options for our customers,” said Chris Marshall, Richardson Electronics' Vice President of Marketing and RF Microwave Components. “Their proprietary technology provides us with access to a new segment of the GPS and Iridium markets.”
Sarantel's unique GeoHelix® filtering technology provides a very high performance satellite antenna, offering better coverage and more accurate locating capabilities than conventional antennas. All Sarantel antennas are balanced, requiring no ground plane; which means they act as their own filter, attenuating undesired frequencies, are frequency stable in all modes of use, and also reduce signal radiation absorbed by the body by up to 90% compared to conventional antennas.
“We are pleased to conclude this agreement with Richardson Electronics, which will further enhance our distribution network; especially in areas where we had no existing sales channel,” said Chris Muir, Sarantel's Director of Sales. “The focus on design-led sales with engineering support will provide our customers access to the tools required to get the best solutions for their products and applications.”
Richardson Electronics, a global niche distributor focusing on the RF, Wireless and Industrial Power Conversion markets, offers design engineers the most innovative products from the market leaders on its line card. Its new Engineer-Focused website, featuring more than 70,000 products targeting today's most important applications, is updated daily with new products, suppliers, datasheets, application-specific information, and design resource center tools.
More information about Sarantel products available from Richardson Electronics can be found on the Sarantel Storefront on www.rell.com.
About Sarantel
Sarantel is a leader in the design of high-performance miniature antennas for portable wireless applications. Sarantel's revolutionary ceramic filtering antennas offer dramatically improved performance over existing antenna designs, resulting in a clearer signal, better range and a 90 per cent reduction in the amount of signal radiation absorbed by the body. Because of their smaller size and higher capabilities, Sarantel's antennas enable manufacturers to create innovative wireless products for the GPS, WiMax, Satellite Radio and Satellite phone markets. www.sarantel.com
About the RF, Wireless & Power Division (RFPD) of Richardson Electronics, Ltd.
RFPD, a division of Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RELL), is a global provider of engineered solutions and a global distributor of electronic components to the RF and wireless communications market and the industrial power conversion market. RFPD designs, manufactures and distributes discrete devices, components, and assemblies used in RF and wireless infrastructure communications networks, digital broadcasting, defense, and power conversion. More information is available online at www.rell.com.
Contacts:
Richardson Electronics, Ltd.
Chris Marshall, Vice President
Marketing
& RF Microwave Components
Phone: 630-208-2525
Email: chris@rell.com
