Device for the reception of GPS position signals
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1. A device for the reception of position signals from a GPS system, on board a motor vehicle, comprising an antenna mounted within an external rear view mirror of the motor vehicle,wherein the antenna is a four-wire helical antenna, wherein the antenna comprises two half turn helical loops disposed at 90°
- to one another about a common longitudinal axis, and wherein a first helical loop is formed by a simple electrical conductor, and the a second helical loop is formed half by a simple electrical conductor and half by a section of transmission line comprising a pair of parallel conductors.
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Abstract
The device comprises an antenna mounted within an external rear view mirror of the motor vehicle. This antenna is a helical antenna preferably a four-wire helical antenna.
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1. A device for the reception of position signals from a GPS system, on board a motor vehicle, comprising an antenna mounted within an external rear view mirror of the motor vehicle,
wherein the antenna is a four-wire helical antenna, wherein the antenna comprises two half turn helical loops disposed at 90° - to one another about a common longitudinal axis, and
wherein a first helical loop is formed by a simple electrical conductor, and the a second helical loop is formed half by a simple electrical conductor and half by a section of transmission line comprising a pair of parallel conductors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- to one another about a common longitudinal axis, and
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