Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Hemisphere Gps LLC

Jia Sun

Michael Yan Wah Chia

A multilayer antenna structure configured to receive Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and augmentation signals. The antenna includes a microstrip patch radiation element disposed at a top layer and a ground plane forming a first interior layer, the ground plane including at least two coupling apertures, and the ground plane isolated from said radiation element by a low loss dielectric. The antenna structure also includes a bottom layer, the bottom layer is isolated from the ground plane by another dielectric; at least two feed lines operably connected to a hybrid coupler disposed on the bottom layer; and an active circuit on the bottom layer, a first port of said active circuit operably connected to the hybrid coupler.

Broadband aperture coupled GNSS microstrip patch antenna

A radio frequency (RF) predistortion linearizer with a transistor and a control circuit, an input matching circuit and an output matching circuit. The control circuit is electrically coupled to a control voltage source that supplies control voltages via a control node. A resistor and a coupling inductor electrically couples the control circuit to the control node to receive the control voltages. These control voltages set two varactors of the control circuit to provide a capacitance. The capacitance and an inductance provided by an inductive block of the control circuit can thus provide a resonant frequency. This resonant frequency is thus controllable and is based on a centre frequency of an RF input signal provided to an input node of the RF predistortion linearizer.

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