GPS/GNSS Antennas

This resource is geared towards practitioners on the subject of Global Positioning System/Global Navigation Satellite System (GPS/GNSS) antennas, taking into account modernized systems and new and developing applications. A number of key applications are presented, describing corresponding receiver architectures and antenna details. Discussions on antenna characteristics, including theory of operation, gain, bandwidth, polarization, phase center, mutual coupling effects, and integration with active components, are included. Also covered is the design of adaptive arrays and signal processing techniques used to mitigate interference such as jamming. Addressing critical GNSS antenna high precision requirements, this book explains the relationships between antenna gain, satellite visibility, geometric dilution of precision, and the carrier-to-noise density ratio. Requirements for both dual-band and tri-band antennas are delineated. Details of a wide range of antenna designs, including microstrip patch, quadrafilar helix, axial mode helix, spiral, inverted L, and planar inverted F antennas, are presented, as well as a discussion on new magnetic “metamaterial” substrates and other dielectric substrate materials. Finally, designs are presented for very compact GNSS antennas for personal handheld devices and automobiles. The book is organized in 7 chapters, as follows: 1) Introduction to GNSS Antenna Performance Parameters; 2) Fixed Reception Pattern Antennas (FRPA) and Directional Antennas; 3) Multiband, Handset and Active Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Antennas; 4) Adaptive GPS Antennas; 5) Ground Plane, Aircraft Fuselage, and other Platform Effects on GPS Antennas; 6) Measurement of the Characteristics of GNSS Antennas; 7) Antennas and Site Considerations for Precise Applications.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Artech House Publishers

  685 Canton Street
  Norwood, MA  United States  02062
• Authors:
  • Rao, B Rama
  • Kunysz, W
  • Fante, R
  • McDonald, K
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 422p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Antennas; Global Positioning System; Interference; Satellite navigation systems; Signal processing
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Transportation (General); I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01458232
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781596931503
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 2012 5:56PM