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US 11,605,894 B2Granted
GNSS antenna, GNSS module, and vehicle having such a GNSS module
AssigneeThe Antenna Company International N.V.
InventorsFrancesco Giuppi, Carlos Moreno De Jong Van Coevorden, Johan Leo Alfons Gielis, Diego Caratelli
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Abstract
The invention relates to a Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) antenna. The invention also relates to a Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) module comprising at least one GNSS antenna according to the invention. The invention further relates to a vehicle, such as a car, comprising at least one GNSS module to the invention.
Claims18
GNSS antenna, comprising:
- at least one dielectric support substrate having a front surface and a rear surface;
- at least two radiation structures attached to the front surface of said support substrate, each radiation structure comprising:
- a feeding section configured to connect to an external feeding structure, and
- at least one substantially spiral-shaped section connected to said feeding section,
- wherein the feeding sections of the radiation structures are facing each other, and wherein the at least two radiation structures are positioned at a distance from each other;
- and
- preferably, at least one parasitic structure attached to the rear surface of said support substrate,
- wherein the substantially spiral-shaped section of at least one radiation structure has a shape of a polynomial spiral, for which the curvature changes preferably substantially linearly with an arc length,
- wherein the spiral-shaped sections of the at least two radiation structures are facing away from each other;
- and
- wherein a rotation of a radius vector of the polynomial spiral complies with the formula:
- ϱ
-
- (
- ϑ
- )
- =
- 1
-
- 1
- A
-
- cos
-
- (
- m
- 4
-
- g
- 1
-
- (
- ϑ
- )
- )
-
- n
- 2
- ±
-
- 1
- B
-
- sin
-
- (
- m
- 4
-
- g
- 2
-
- (
- ϑ
- )
- )
-
- n
- 3
- n
- 1
-
- f
-
- (
- ϑ
- )
- wherein:
- A,B,n1∈0+;m,n1,2∈;
- and
- f(ϑ)=ebϑ
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