AP12-A GPS Patch Antenna

The AP-12A is one of the Worlds smallest active GPS antennas. This miniaturised GPS active module combines a tiny 12mm squared ceramic patch antenna developed with Cirocomm with a two stage low noise amplifier (LNA). It is available as a "plug and play" format for onboard integration with popular brands of GPS receiver modules via ultra thin coaxial cable and connector from IPEX

AT just 5mm in height, this new active antenna module utilises XtremeGain technology for the highest industry sensitivity.

Designed for use the new generation of GPS receiver modules using chipsets from SiRF, u-Blox, Nemerix, Fastrax, Navsync, Flacom, Telit, Tyco and Siemens, etc. 

Specifications		Applications
SMALL FOOTPRINT 13.4mm x 13.4mm x 5mm LOW POWER CONSUMPTION - TYPICALLY 13mA at 3V POWERFUL 2 STAGE 25dB LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER LOW NOISE <1.9dB 2.7V ~ 3.3V INPUT VOLTAGE COMPATIBLE WITH ALL GPS RECEIVER MODULES CUSTOMISABLE CABLE/CONNECTOR TYPE AND LENGTH AVAIALBLE		PERSONAL NAVIGATION DEVICES PDA'S COVERT TRACKING DEVICES

Resources and Documentation

AP12-A Datasheet Technical specification for Taoglas AP12-A GPS Active antenna module.   Revision: 1 Jun 2006 3 pages - 841.1 KB AP12-A - Application Note Radiation patterns for Taoglas AP12-A 12mm ceramic chip GPS antenna.   Revision: 1 Dec 2006 3 pages - 1.1 MB RECE20279-001E-01 Datasheet Technical drawing for RECE20279-001E-01. Mating receptacle for Taoglas PC-11, PC-25, PC-27, PC-28, PC-29 PCB type antennas using IPEX MHF II (U.FL) type connectors.   Revision: 7 Jun 2006 1 page - 76 KB RECE20369-001E-01 Datasheet Technical drawing for RECE20369-001E-01. Mating receptacle for Taoglas PC-25, PC-27, PC-28, PC-29 PCB type antennas using IPEX MHF III (W.FL) type connectors.   Revision: 0 1 page - 54 KB

Antenna Tuning and Best Performance

Antenna and RF design can be difficult at the best of times and, if not tuned correctly, can dramatically affect the performance of your product. Taoglas have extensive experience in designing and testing RF solutions and can help your engineers to get the best possible performance at all times.

Our service offers customers the opportunity to have their products tested at the Taoglas test lab where the antenna's can be fine tuned to exactly suit your products requirements ensuring the best match and performance for your product.

This work normally takes around 2 to 3 weeks and a full report is also supplied.

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