NovAtel's GPS Receiver - The High Performance OEM Sensor of the Future

Patrick C. Fenton, William H. Falkenberg, Tom J. Ford, Keith K. Ng, A. J. Van Dierendonck

Abstract:	receiver is presented. This receiver is available as a low cost, high performance GPS sensor, providing features and capabilities to support all OEM applications. NovAtel, a cellular systems and subscriber equipment manufacturer located in Calgary, has developed a completely new GPS receiver from the ground up. Incorporated within the design are advanced technologies at each major component stage, including: the an- tenna, the RF downconverter and LNA, the ASIC Signal Processor, the CPU, and the software configurable interfaces. This receiver has 10 dedicated channels and is capable of extremely accurate C/A code and Ll carrier phase tracking. The patented C/A code tracking scheme, which uses a wide bandwidth multiple bit sampling method (capable of P code accuracy), is described. NovAtel’s GPS sensor also has the ability to output both raw and final position data at rates suitable for even the most demanding applications.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 4th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1991) September 11 - 13, 1991 Albuquerque, NM
Pages:	49 - 58
Cite this article:	Fenton, Patrick C., Falkenberg, William H., Ford, Tom J., Ng, Keith K., Van Dierendonck, A. J., "NovAtel's GPS Receiver - The High Performance OEM Sensor of the Future," Proceedings of the 4th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1991), Albuquerque, NM, September 1991, pp. 49-58.
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