STMicroelectronics Satellite-Tracking Chips Make a Mark on Europe's Navigation System Roadmap
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
ST and European Space Agency performed the first-ever position fix using GALILEO
satellites
Geneva, April 11, 2013 - STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor
leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronic applications, today
announced that its Teseo II single-chip satellite-tracking ICs were successful
in the very first ground location test using Europe's own independent navigation
system, Galileo. The tests were conducted in collaboration with the European
Space Agency (ESA).
Last month, the first position fix of longitude, latitude and altitude using the
four Galileo satellites currently in orbit was performed by the European Space
Agency at its Technology Centre in the Netherlands and by ST at its GNSS (Global
Navigation Satellite System) software development labs in Naples, Italy.
ST and ESA conducted the historic static and dynamic tests using a rooftop
antenna with a clear view of the satellites (static) and from a mobile test-bed
unit travelling in a normal user environment (dynamic). The Teseo II receiver
was able to track and produce a 3D fix over the entire path of the mobile unit,
using only the 4 Galileo IOV (In-Orbit Validation) satellites.
ST and ESA plan to continue the joint tests, initially as a combined multi-
constellation fix with GPS and/or Glonass satellites, then later in the year,
when more Galileo satellites are available, they also plan Galileo-only tests in
a hostile environment.
ESA and ST have been cooperating on a project to evaluate the performance of
low-cost consumer and automotive GNSS receivers with the Galileo signals,
combining ESA's expertise in knowledge of the signals, both theoretical and from
monitoring, with ST's 20 years of experience in producing chips to process
satellite navigation signals.
Low-cost receivers have narrower bandwidth and less-capable antennas, but in the
real world must operate in much more hostile situations than professional test
receivers. As the consumer receiver must operate in urban-canyon situations
when many of the signals are reflections, greatly weakened and significantly
distorted, ST's Teseo II, with its multi-constellation capability and
outstanding sensitivity, makes a perfect fit for many different consumer
navigation applications.
"The historic milestone achieved in collaboration with the European Space Agency
is an excellent demonstration of the Galileo support on ST's satellite
navigation platform and reinforces our position as a leading supplier of high-
performance GNSS receivers for applications like e-Call, Tolling, Telematics and
Navigation," said Antonio Radaelli, Infotainment Business Unit Director,
STMicroelectronics. "Furthermore, the outstanding capability of the Teseo II
chips to use signals from multiple satellite navigation systems enable consumers
to benefit from the Galileo navigation system before the satellite constellation
is fully populated."
Notes to Editors:
Introduced as the world's first single-chip positioning device for multiple
global navigation systems in January 2011, ST's Teseo II is a single-chip
standalone satellite receiver able to use signals from all of the satellite
navigation systems, including GPS, the European GALILEO system, Russian GLONASS
and Japanese QZSS. This allows the receiver to keep many satellites in sight,
delivering advantages such as shorter time-to-first-fix and continuous tracking
with enhanced accuracy, even under challenging circumstances such as driving
through urban canyons.
About STMicroelectronics
ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the
spectrum of sense and power and automotive products and embedded processing
solutions. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from
healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office,
at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and
innovative contribution to people's life. By getting more from technology to get
more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
In 2012, the Company's net revenues were $8.49 billion. Further information on
ST can be found at www.st.com.
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+1 781 591 0354
michael.markowitz(at)st.com
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