The Eighth International Conference on Electronic Measurement and Instruments

ICEMI2007

A New Test Method for the Electrical Parameter Deviation of GPS Antenna Patches
Liu Xueguan Guo Huiping Cai Wenfeng Cao Honglong
(RF Research Center , Soochow University, Suzhou 215021,China)

Abstract: The electrical parameter deviation of GPS antenna patch base material is caused by the productive processes, and it influences on the performance of GPS antenna. A rapid test method for the electrical parameter deviation of GPS antenna patches is proposed in this paper. The design principle and the test apparatus are given in detail based on the stripline model. The test result shows the proposed method is efficiency and the test method is also convenient for large-scale manufacture. Keywords: dielectric constant; GPS antenna patch; test apparatus; large-scale manufacture

improve the productivity efficiency, a rapid test method for the electrical parameter deviation of GPS antenna patches is necessary deeply. There are two basic measurement methods for dielectric constant of material: resonance cavity method and microstrip line method[1][2].The resonance cavity method need the suitable shape of under-test sample and the working band is narrow and the material shape is special, while the microstrip line method need analysis the test model with complex formula or using EM simulation. Here we design a

Introduction
As the global position technology has been used

test apparatus, which based on stripline model. It can distinguish the electrical parameter deviation of GPS antenna patch caused by the productive processes in deferent batch conveniently. This paper is arranged as followings: the design principle and the test apparatus are discussed in section II, the test results are given in section III and some conclusions are summarized in section IV.

wider and wider, the requirement quantities of microstrip GPS antenna are increased dramatically. The GPS antennas are manufactured through four important processes: patch model pressing, sintering, printing and modifying. In the large-scale manufacture situation, the productive processes of GPS patches influence on the performance of GPS antenna strictly. The powder and sintering temperature will determine the electrical parameters of GPS patches, so the GPS patches from different batch may have different electrical parameters. If the electrical parameter deviation of GPS antenna patches can be detected before printing, it can increase the

2 Theory and Test Apparatus Design

2.1 equivalence transmission line of unsymmetrical stripline We first consider a length of unsymmetrical stripline shown in Fig.1(a), where r1 is the relative dielectric constant of base material and r 2 is the relative dielectric constant of the cover material. w, d 1 , d 2 , t are the size denoted in Fig.1(a).
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exempt-modification rate efficiently. In order to

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