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UK’s antenna solutions provider Antenova Ltd. has unveiled an RF antenna module that incorporates a complete SiRFstarIII GPS chipset, targeting mobile handset, portable navigation device (PND) and portable media player (PMP) applications. The integrated antenna, GPS RADIONOVA M10214 is the world’s smallest RF antenna module with built-in GPS receiver chipset, according to Antenova. It is a full GPS hardware implementation combining the high performance SiRFstarIII GPS architecture with Antenova’s high efficiency complementary antenna technology.

“GPS RADIONOVA M10214-A RF antenna module is the result of significant customer demand for a small form factor module that integrates both a complete SiRFstarIII architecture based GPS receiver and Antenova’s leading GPS antenna architecture,” stated Greg McCray, CEO of Antenova.

It combines SiRF’s GSC3LTf GPS receiver IC with Antenova’s high efficiency patented GPS antenna technology. The M10214-A is an optimized and integrated GPS RF antenna module consisting a high performance and low power receiver IC with its single feed two-part complementary antenna and all the front-end components, such as low noise amplifier (LNA), SAW filters and TCXO, that provide a drop-in system solution for mobile devices with no customization required. The low profile connector and optional PCB cut-out allow the small 43 x 9 x 4 mm³ single package module to be vertically mounted with a low 6 mm height requirement.

GPS RADIONOVA M10214-A operates on a single 3.6 V bias supply with low power consumption and available low power modes for further power savings. M10214-A is supported by SiRF’s GPS software suite and uses a UART/SPI host processor interface.