Fundamentals of GPS Receivers: A Hardware Approach
- 5h 4m
- Dan Doberstein
- Springer
- 2012
- Explains how GPS works from the basics through operation and implementation of the GPS 100SC receiver, a custom single-channel receiver
- Delivers complete details of a functional design with detailed schematics plus all CAD files
- Offers a full chapter on the ZARLINK chip set, an open software source receiver and new material on the Turbo Rogue receiver designed by JPL
While much of the current literature on GPS receivers is aimed at those intimately familiar with their workings, this volume summarizes the basic principles using as little mathematics as possible, and details the necessary specifications and circuits for constructing a GPS receiver that is accurate to within 300 meters. Dedicated sections deal with the features of the GPS signal and its data stream, the details of the receiver (using a hybrid design as exemplar), and more advanced receivers and topics including time and frequency measurements. Later segments discuss the Zarlink GPS receiver chip set, as well as providing a thorough examination of the TurboRogue receiver, one of the most accurate yet made.
Guiding the reader through the concepts and circuitry, from the antenna to the solution of user position, the book’s deployment of a hybrid receiver as a basis for discussion allows for extrapolation of the core ideas to more complex, and more accurate designs. Digital methods are used, but any analogue counterparts are assessed alongside them, and the author shows how GPS receivers and satellites are more concerned with time and movement than physical position in space.
About the Author
Mr. Doberstein is currently President of DKD Instruments. DKD Instruments primary product has been RF test equipment. DKD Instruments is a leader in the field of small and portable RF test equipment. DKD Instruments has also introduced a variety of new RF signal processing components from frequency multipliers to bandpass filters.
In this Book
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Fundamental Concepts of Distance Measurement Using Synchronized Clocks
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Introduction to the Global Positioning System
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GPS Signal Structure and Use
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Solving for SV Position
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Solving for User Position
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GPS Receiver Hardware Fundamentals
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Functional Implementation of a GPS Receiver
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GPS Time and Frequency Reception
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The Zarlink 12-Channel GPS Receiver
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Carrier Phase Measurements and Turbo Rogue Receivers
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JPL Turbo Rogue Receivers
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The L2C Signal
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