[time-nuts] GPS / GNSS front-end board

[Attila Kinali]

On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 10:24:12 -0700
Peter Monta <pmonta at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Attila,
> 
> > Could you also add just the option of a power splitter at the input?
> 
> I'm not really sure what the most appropriate RF interface is.  I was
> planning to make another much simpler board with just a bias tee, a
> 3:1 splitter, and some hairpin microstrip filters.  Then it would be
> three short SMA cables over to the main board.  (Right now I just have
> a 2:1 splitter and I'm relying on the L1/L2 antenna for filtering.)

I would at least give the option to use one antenna for multiple inputs.
 
> One thing I didn't want to do is commit to any particular filter
> technology up front.  Ceramic filters, and, worse, SAWs, have delays
> that vary with temperature (to say nothing of the large NRE costs
> involved).  Microstrip filters would have a lower temperature
> coefficient I think, though they are not as sharp and have more loss.

Yes, i dont have a good solution either. Maybe someone of the guys
here with more knowledge on RF design could have a look at that?

			Attila Kinali


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