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u-blox Acquires Patents for Low-Power Real-Time GPS   February 1, 2010

u-blox has purchased 15 patents and patent applications from UK-based Air Semiconductor Ltd. The patents expand the company’s technology portfolio of low-power GPS solutions designed to capture location instantly. u-blox, based in Thalwil, Switzerland, is a fabless provider of GPS and wireless...More>>

Septentrio to Release the AsteRx3 Compact GPS/GLONASS/Galileo Receiver   January 29, 2010

Septentrio will start shipping its new AsteRx3 receiver in the first quarter of 2010. The AsteRx3 is, a compact multi-frequency GPS/GLONASS/Galileo, and Compass-ready receiver designed for integration in demanding precision positioning, navigation, and automation applications such as land and...More>>

Spirent Introduces A-GLONASS Testing for Mobile Devices   January 13, 2010

Spirent Communications plc today introduced a testing capability for assisted GLONASS (A-GLONASS) on UMTS mobile devices and chipsets. Supported on Spirent’s 8100 UMTS Location Technology Solution (ULTS), the new A-GLONASS testing capability gives early adopters of A-GLONASS a competitive edge...More>>


Consumer OEM Newsletter: Editor's Column
Black Friday-Cyber Monday: Retail Shopping Numbers Trickle in   December 2, 2009

Article By : Stephen Colwell

Over the 24-hour period following Black Friday, retail analysts have begun releasing retail data corresponding to sales of the top electronic products being purchased the day after Thanksgiving. Initial reports are by retail monitors such as Pricegrabber.com (which has measures consumers preference...More>>



Automotive Articles
GNSS Receiver Evaluation   December 17, 2009

Article By : Tianxing Chu, Eric Vinande, Dennis Akos, Brian Weinstein

This article addresses how best to quantify “which navigation system performs best” in a realistic testing scenario. The methodology focuses on land vehicles navigating in urban environments, but applies equally well to pedestrian navigation and can be adapted for testing assisted-GNSS...More>>


Handheld Articles
Innovation: Mobile-Phone GPS Antennas   February 1, 2010

Article By : Tony Haddrell, Nico Ricquier, Marino Phocas

We examine the antenna designs that provide GPS functionality to mobile phones and why most phones still do not provide GPS operation indoors. We also see what it will take to make them better. More>>



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Active and Passive GPS Antennas   January 15, 2010

Mil-Con’s rugged, sealed, field-replaceable, shock-mounted GPS Antennas use a commercial quadrifilar helix antenna element in spin-on SMA and TNC versions, as well as, slide-on SMB version. The antennas are designed using compliant RF connection that combines mechanically isolated ceramic antenna...More>>








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