u-blox ANTARIS 4 User Manual

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3.6 Layout
GPSsignalsatthesurfaceoftheEarthareabout15dBbelowthethermalnoisefloor.Signallossattheantenna
and the RF connection must be minimized as much as possible. When defining a GPS receiver layout, the
placementoftheantennawithrespecttothereceiver,aswellas
grounding,shieldingandjammingfromother
digitaldevicesarecrucialissuesandneedtobeconsideredverycarefully.
3.6.1 Footprint
ThissectionprovidesimportantinformationenablingthedesignofareliableandsensitiveGPSsystem.
TIM modules LEA modules
25.4±0.1mm[1000±4mil]
25.4±0.1mm[1000±4mil]
1.9mm
[75mil]
2.8mm
[110mil]
1.277mm
[50.27mil]
1.5mm
[59mil]
0.8mm
[32mil]
1.0mm[39mil]
0.8mm
[32mil]
1.0mm[39mil]
0.8mm
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Figure 40: Recomm d footprint
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u-blox ANTARIS 4 Specifications

General

Brand	u-blox
Model	ANTARIS 4
Category	GPS
Language	English