AMY-6M - Hardware Integration Manual
UBX-17021971 – R07
Design-in
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2.1.11
Active antenna supply
With AMY-6M active antennas are supplied via an external coil or circuit. AMY-6M does not provide the antenna
bias voltage for active antennas on the
RF_IN
pin as other u-blox modules do. It is therefore necessary to provide
this voltage outside the module via an inductor as indicated in Figure 9. u-blox recommends using an inductor
from Murata (LQG15HS27NJ02). Alternative parts can be used if the inductor’s resonant frequency matches the
GPS frequency of 1575.42MHz.
Figure 9: Recommended wiring for active antennas
For C and L values see Component Selection Section B.
For optimal performance, it is important to place the inductor as close to the microstrip as possible. Figure
10 illustrates the recommended layout and how it should not be done.
Figure 10: Recommended layout for connecting the antenna bias voltage for AMY-6M