GPS Antenna Basics
This page covers GPS Antenna basics.It mentions GPS Antenna application note and GPS Antenna manufacturers.
Antenna is basically a electro-magnetic signal transmitter and receiver device which transmits signal to the air and receives signal from the air respectively. GPS Antenna works at GPS frequencies. The main type of antennas used for GPS applications are of patch and helix type. Refer Helix vs Patch antenna and types of antenna for more information.
GPS Antenna Application Note
Figure-1 depicts SGP series of GPS SMT patch antenna of ceramic type.
Following are the typical specifications of GPS antenna from Taoglas.
• Receive frequency: (1575.42 MHz +/- 1.023 MHz)
• Center frequency: 1575.42 +/- 3 MHz
• Bandwidth: 8 MHz (min.)
• VSWR: 1.5 MAX.
• Gain at zenith: 2 dBic (typical)
• Axial ratio: 3 dB max.
• Polarization: RHCP
GPS Antenna Manufacturers
Following are list of GPS antenna manufacturers of various types.
• Novatel Inc.
• Trimble Navigation Limited
• Garmin Ltd.
• Gilsson Technologies
• MEINBERG RADIO CLOCKS GmbH & Co. KG
• Linx Technologies, Merlin, US
• SAN JOSE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
• Lowrance
• Antcom Corporation
GPS RELATED LINKS
GPS Basics Tutorial GPS Frame Structure GPS vs AGPS GPS vs GPRS GPS Antenna GPS Receiver Module GPS Satellite GPS Tracking System
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