Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Diversity antenna system and method utilizing a threshold value
- Patent Title (中): 分集天线系统和利用阈值的方法
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Application No.: US12815848Application Date: 2010-06-15
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Publication No.: US08385868B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Ming Lee , Wladimiro Villarroel , Kwan-ho Lee , Yasutaka Horiki
- Applicant: Ming Lee , Wladimiro Villarroel , Kwan-ho Lee , Yasutaka Horiki
- Applicant Address: US MI Ypsilanti
- Assignee: AGC Automotive Americas R&D, Inc.
- Current Assignee: AGC Automotive Americas R&D, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ypsilanti
- Agency: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
- Main IPC: H04B1/16
- IPC: H04B1/16

Abstract:
An antenna system for receiving an RF signal from a first antenna and a second antenna includes a phase shift circuit. The phase shift circuit shifts a phase of the RF signal from the second antenna by one of a plurality of possible phase shifts to produce a phase shifted signal. A combiner combines the RF signal from the first antenna and the phase shifted signal to produce a combined signal. A comparator circuit compares a signal quality of the combined signal with a minimum threshold value to determine if the signal quality of the combined signal is equal to or greater than the threshold value. The comparator circuit is in communicative control of the phase shift circuit and maintains the phase shift of the RF signal received by the second antenna in response to the signal quality of the combined signal being equal to or greater than the threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100317306A1 DIVERSITY ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING A THRESHOLD VALUE Public/Granted day:2010-12-16
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