Circular and Linear Polarised Antennas for Broad and Multipae Band Performance

这是由罗克韦尔柯林斯英国有限公司（RCUK）与伦敦玛丽女王大学（QMUL）共同领导的一个合作项目，旨在全面解决SBRI/TSB对GNSS天线的要求和研究挑战。得益于QMUL团队在GNSS天线方面的长期丰富经验和专业知识，我们计划研究创新的解决方案，其中两个是圆极化设计，一个是线性极化设计，用于紧凑型天线元件在多个GPS/伽利略波段中运行。支持我们解决方案的技术已经在QMUL团队中开发出来，并完全控制了知识产权。我们还计划基于已开发的天线元件设计一种新型紧凑型二维天线阵列，以提供受控接收方向图天线配置能力，从而显著降低干扰和干扰。此外，基于RCUK广泛的军事和商业系统应用、产品和客户体验，我们将考虑一系列系统级问题，例如低SWaP（空间、重量和功率）应用和R-GNSS（鲁棒全球导航卫星系统），特别是操作平台和人体对开发天线与GNSS接收器接口的影响以及低噪声放大器（LNA）位置问题。RCUK目前积极参与英国和欧洲的几个GNSS研究项目，包括英国航天局的PERMIT项目。建议的项目将由一个CAPABLE团队进行，并利用香港中文大学现有的完善的项目管理和商业组织进行管理。该项目的产出将包括概念验证调查的结果和涵盖所有降低风险活动的最后报告和一项商业开发计划。

This is a collaborative project led by Rockwell Collins UK Ltd (RCUK), together with Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), to address the requirements and research challenges set by the SBRI/TSB call for GNSS Antennas in full. Benefiting from the QMUL team’s long term and extensive experience and expertise in GNSS antennas, we plan to investigate innovative solutions, two in circular polarised design and one in linear polarised design, for the compact antenna element to operate in the multiple GPS/Galileo bands. The technology underpinning our solutions has already been developed within the QMUL team with a total control of IPR. We also plan to design a novel compact 2D antenna array based on the antenna elements developed to provide the controlled reception pattern antenna configuring capability for significant mitigation against jammers and interference. In addition, we will consider a range of system level issues, such as low SWaP (Space, Weight and Power) applications and R-GNSS (Robust Global Navigation Satellite System), especially the impacts of operating platform and human body on the developed antennas when interfaced with the GNSS receivers and the issue of Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) location, based on RCUK’s extensive Military and Commercial Systems application, product and customer experience. RCUK is currently active in several UK and European GNSS study programmes, including the PERMIT programme for the UK Space Agency. The proposed project will be conducted by a CAPABLE team and managed by utilising the existing well established Program Management and commercial organisation at RCUK. The output of the project will include the results of the proof of concepts investigations and the Final Report covering all the de-risking activities and a business exploitation plan.