Trends in Low Cost GPS Receiver Rf Hardware

Jerrold Hinshaw

Abstract:	The Global Positioning System (GPS ) , expected to b e operational in the late 1980's, will provide world-wide civil navigation with an accuracy on the order of 100 meters. Such a system may well find widespread application in civil aviation, on commercial and private ships, in automobiles, and perhaps even as handheld "personal locators". The receiver system used to process the GPS satellite signals must be rugged, reliable and available at low cost to make its high accuracy affordable to the civil user. This paper discusses the presently available hardware for the critical Radio Frequency (RF) portion of such receivers, and projects upcoming trends and developments in device and manufacturing technology which will influence the design of future receivers. In addition to technical issues, the important economic factors are also addressed.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 1985 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 15 - 17, 1985 San Diego, CA
Pages:	84 - 91
Cite this article:	Hinshaw, Jerrold, "Trends in Low Cost GPS Receiver Rf Hardware," Proceedings of the 1985 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, San Diego, CA, January 1985, pp. 84-91.
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