# US 12,601,847 B2 · Improving dilution of precision of global navigation satellite system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,601,847 B2 - Document ID: US12601847B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/094,902 - Filed: 2023-01-09 - Published: 2024-02-29 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-08-26 - Assignees: Sony Group Corporation - Applicants: Sony Group Corporation - Inventors: Jignesh Doshi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12601847B2 ## CPC - G01S 19/32: Multimode operation in a single same satellite system, e.g. GPS L1/L2 - G01S 19/36: relating to the receiver frond end - G01S 19/35: Constructional details or hardware or software details of the signal processing chain - H01Q 1/243: {with built-in antennas} - H01Q 1/38: formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support {(patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142)} - H01Q 9/0414: {in a stacked or folded configuration} - H01Q 21/30: Combinations of separate antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system - H01Q 25/00: Antennas or antenna systems providing at least two radiating patterns (arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern H01Q3/00) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract A mobile device may include a first antenna positioned on a first substrate, the first antenna in communication with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver to receive first radio signals from at least four GNSS satellites and convert the first radio signals into first electronic signals and a second antenna positioned on a second substrate between 30 degrees and 90 degrees from the first antenna. With such multi-band antenna design, arrangement, and positioning, the GNSS receiver may maximize the number of satellites it can track which results in improved geometry of tracked satellites, which reduces dilution and precision and improves location accuracy of the GNSS receiver. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile device comprising: a first antenna being a first patch antenna having a planar patch surface, or a slot antenna having a slot in a planar plate surface of a plate, positioned on a first substrate, the first antenna in communication with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver to receive first radio signals from at least four GNSS satellites and convert the first radio signals into first electronic signals; a second patch antenna positioned on a second substrate disparate from the first substrate, the second antenna in communication with the GNSS receiver to receive second radio signals from at least four GNSS satellites and convert the second radio signals into second electronic signals, wherein the second antenna is in a stacked position with the first antenna and is mounted at an inclination on the second substrate or the second substrate is at an inclination to achieve a first angled rotation between 30 degrees and 90 degrees from the planar patch surface of the first patch antenna or from the planar plate surface of the slot antenna, and wherein, the inclination of the second antenna or the inclination of the second substrate causes an orientation of a first radiation pattern in which an alignment of a null of the first radiation pattern of the second antenna overlaps with a lobe of a second radiation pattern of the first antenna; a ground plane that is beneath the second antenna; the GNSS receiver in communication with the first antenna and the second antenna, the GNSS receiver receiving the first electronic signals from the first antenna and the second electronic signals from the second antenna; one or more processors in communication with the GNSS receiver; and logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed is operable to receive the first electronic signals and the second electronic signals and determine a location of the mobile device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a feedline that is in communication with the first antenna and the second antenna. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the first radio signals are received at a first frequency band and the second antenna receives the second radio signals at a second frequency band, the first frequency band being different from the second frequency band. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The mobile device of claim 3, wherein the first frequency band is an L1 band and the second frequency band is an L5 band. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a third antenna positioned on a third substrate disparate from the first substrate and second substrate, the third antenna in communication with the GNSS receiver to receive third radio signals from at least four GNSS satellites and convert the third radio signals into third electronic signals, wherein the third antenna is in the stacked position with the first antenna and is mounted at an inclination on the second substrate or the second substrate is at an inclination to achieve a second angle rotation between 30 degrees and 90 degrees from the first angled rotation position of the second antenna. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The mobile device of claim 5, wherein the first radio signals are received at a first frequency band, the second antenna receives the second radio signals at a second frequency band, the third antenna receives the third radio signals at a third frequency band, and all three frequency band signals are different. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the first frequency band is an L2 band, the second frequency band is an L1 band, and the third frequency band is an L5 band. ### Claim 8 A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver comprising: a first antenna being a first patch antenna having a planar patch surface, or a slot antenna having a slot in a planar plate surface of a plate, positioned on a first substrate, the first antenna in communication with a GNSS receiver to receive first radio signals from at least four GNSS satellites and convert the first radio signals into first electronic signals; a second patch antenna positioned on a second substrate disparate from the first substrate, the second antenna in communication with the GNSS receiver to receive second radio signals from at least four GNSS satellites and convert the second radio signals into second electronic signals, wherein the second antenna is in a stacked position with the first antenna and is mounted at an inclination on the second substrate or the second substrate is at an inclination to achieve a first angled rotation between 30 degrees and 90 degrees from the planar patch surface of the first patch antenna or from the planar plate surface of the slot antenna, and wherein, the inclination of the second antenna or the inclination of the second substrate causes an orientation of a first radiation pattern in which an alignment of a null of the first radiation pattern of the second antenna overlaps with a lobe of a second radiation pattern of the first antenna; and a ground plane that is beneath the second antenna. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The GNSS receiver of claim 8, further comprising a feedline that is in communication with the first antenna and the second antenna. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The GNSS receiver of claim 8, wherein the first radio signals are received at a first frequency band and the second antenna receives the second radio signals at a second frequency band, the first frequency band being different from the second frequency band. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The GNSS receiver of claim 10, wherein the first frequency band is an L1 band and the second frequency band is an L5 band. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The GNSS receiver of claim 8, further comprising a third antenna positioned on a third substrate disparate from the first substrate and second substrate, the third antenna in communication with the GNSS receiver to receive third radio signals from at least four GNSS satellites and convert the third radio signals into third electronic signals, wherein the third antenna is in the stacked position with the first antenna and is mounted at an inclination on the second substrate or the second substrate is at an inclination to achieve between 30 degrees and 90 degrees from the first angled rotation position of the second antenna. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The GNSS receiver of claim 12, wherein the first radio signals are received at a first frequency band, the second antenna receives the second radio signals at a second frequency band, the third antenna receives the third radio signals at a third frequency band, and all three frequency band signals are different. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The GNSS receiver of claim 13, wherein the first frequency band is an L2 band, the second frequency band is an L1 band, and the third frequency band is an L5 band. ### Claim 15 A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver comprising: a first antenna being a first patch antenna having a planar patch surface and positioned on a first substrate, the first antenna in communication with a GNSS receiver to receive first radio signals from at least four GNSS satellites and convert the first radio signals into first electronic signals; a second antenna being a slot antenna having a slot in a planar plate surface of a plate and positioned on a second substrate disparate from the first substrate, the second antenna in communication with the GNSS receiver to receive second radio signals from at least four GNSS satellites and convert the second radio signals into second electronic signals, wherein the second antenna is in a stacked position with the first antenna and the planar plate surface of the second antenna is inclined to achieve a first angled rotation between 30 degrees and 90 degrees from the planar patch surface of the first antenna, and wherein, the inclination of the second antenna or the inclination of the second substrate causes an orientation of a first radiation pattern in which an alignment of a null of the first radiation pattern of the second antenna overlaps with a lobe of a second radiation pattern of the first antenna; and a ground plane that is beneath the second antenna.