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TRF7970AEVM: Simple question. How mach RF performance difference is in gold plating PCB antenna pattern and Pb/Sn Plating?

Part Number: TRF7970AEVM

It is very very simple question!!

How mach RF performance difference is in gold plating PCB antenna pattern and Pb/Sn Plating?

I do not request exact numeric answer level but experience based personal answer level.

I should explain to my boss why PCB antenna pattern should be changed from Pb/Sn plating to gold plating for second PCB antenna pattern.

 

My 1'st copy of TRF7970A EVM is plated with Pb/Sn instead of glod.

I had brought TRF970A EVM, TRF7970ATB as samples for NFC development and knew these were gold plated.

But I could not insist TRF7970A EVM cope must be gold plating

without RF performance difference knowledge between them and limited 1'st PCB time schedule. 

Ps/Sn plated TRF7970A EVM RF performance was small better then TRF7970ATB

RF performance on peer-to-peer communication case.

 My TRF7970A EVM copy is same as TRF7970A EVM but MCU is changed

from MSP430F2370 to MSP430F5529 for peer-to-peer communication source code size accepting condition.

Pls answer me

Pls answer me

I will