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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1999
Finbarr McGrath, Westford, MA (US);
William Griffin, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
John LaChapelle, Princeton, MA (US);
David Martin, Methuen, MA (US);
David Frederick Jordan, Danville, NH (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A GPS receiver (,) has an antenna (,) mounted directly on a first side (,) of a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) substrate 2. Electrical conductors interconnect the antenna (,) with an RF processing system (,) and a digital processing system (,) mounted directly on a second side (,) of the PCB substrate (,). A position connector (,) is disposed on one side of the PCB substrate (,) and provides power, ground, and direct electrical access of processed GPS signals for an external system such as a mobile vehicle system.