A miniaturized GPS antenna in LTCC with linear polarization suitable for SoP integration

Author

Brzezina, Greg ; Roy, Langis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, a new miniaturized GPS antenna is presented. The antenna design is based on a dipole topology and is intended to operate at the L1 frequency of 1.575 GHz. A conventional λ/2 dipole would be too large at this frequency so miniaturization techniques have been applied. The result is a planar antenna whose dimensions are 32 mm × 24 mm, making it one of the smallest GPS antennas ever reported. It exhibits a good impedance match and positive gain at the desired frequency. Furthermore, the antenna incorporates the option of end-loading for bandwidth enhancement. The chosen material system is Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC). This, along with its small size, makes it suitable for integration with System-on-Package (SoP) designs.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; bandwidth allocation; ceramics; dipole antennas; integrated circuit design; planar antennas; satellite antennas; system-on-package; LTCC; SoP integration; antenna design; bandwidth enhancement; dipole topology; end-loading; frequency 1.575 GHz; impedance match; linear polarization; low temperature co-fired ceramic; miniaturization techniques; miniaturized GPS antenna; planar antenna; positive gain; system-on-package designs; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Global Positioning System; Helical antennas; Resonant frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference (ANTEM-AMEREM), 2010 14th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5049-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5050-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552526

Filename

5552526