A compact LNA integrated antenna for global navigation satellite systems

Jong Gyu Go, Jae Young Chung

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Abstract

This paper presents a compact active circularly polarized antenna for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal reception. The antenna is designed to operate at GPS LI (1,575 MHz) and GLONASS LI (1,602 MHz) bands, and its size is 64mm × 64mm × 7.42mm, suitable for mounting on a commercial drone. Within this limited size, hybrid-based orthogonal feed and two-staged low noise amplifier (LNA) circuits are packed all together on a high permittivity (ϵr = 10) multi-layer substrate. Passive antenna performances exhibit a reflection coefficient of less than-15 dB, an antenna gain of 2.84 dBic, an axial ratio (AR) of less than 3dB and corresponding axial ratio beamwidth of more than 123° in the operation band. The fabricated active antenna including the LNA circuit shows the gain more than 28.5 dBic and noise figure less than 1.4 dB at the target bands.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology, RFIT 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages229-231
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781509040360
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Sep 2017
Event2017 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology, RFIT 2017 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 30 Aug 20171 Sep 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology, RFIT 2017

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology, RFIT 2017
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period30/08/171/09/17

Keywords

  • Active antenna
  • axial ratio
  • circularly polarized antenna
  • global navigation satellite system
  • global positioning system

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