XIAO nRF52840 bluetooth antenna

No, that’s part of the PDM circuit, but the GND pin of that circuit is common to the antenna chip’s GND side. And since the PDM is empty, it’s safer/easier to solder a wire there instead of the the chip’s side contact. This is by no means a replacement for the antenna chip, just augmenting the RF strength of the existing chip antenna.

If you want to have a larger impact, replace the antenna chip with a better circuit/setup. The wire I added gave a 10db increase in signal inside my home which allowed me to get a reliable connection in a farther room which I was not able to get before.

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