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US07742750B2 Systems and methods for antenna diversity combining for satellite radio signals
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用于卫星无线电信号的天线分集的系统和方法
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for antenna diversity combining for satellite radio signals
- Patent Title (中): 用于卫星无线电信号的天线分集的系统和方法
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Application No.: US11607383Application Date: 2006-12-01
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Publication No.: US07742750B2Publication Date: 2010-06-22
- Inventor: Carl Scarpa , Sharif Sazzad , Christopher Strolle
- Applicant: Carl Scarpa , Sharif Sazzad , Christopher Strolle
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: Sirius XM Radio Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sirius XM Radio Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Main IPC: H04B1/06
- IPC: H04B1/06

Abstract:
Systems and methods are presented for digital antenna diversity combining. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, at least two antenna signal paths can be communicably connected to a receiver. Each antenna signal path can be provided with an RF tuner communicably connected to a demodulator, which can estimate the signal to noise ratio (SNR) and time of arrival of its respective antenna signal. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a time alignment circuit can be communicably connected to each antenna signal path, and a maximum ratio combiner can be communicably connected to the time alignment circuit. In operation, the time alignment circuit can use the time of arrival estimate to align the multiple signals and the maximum ratio combiner can use the SNR estimate obtained for each antenna signal to respectively weight each signal and thereby generate a combined output signal. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a switch diversity combiner can be further provided, and can quickly detect when an antenna signal is entering a fade, allowing the maximum ratio combiner to set that signal's weight to zero. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a digital diversity combiner can be provided in a stand alone integrated circuit, or can be integrated in a larger integrated circuit, such as, for example, a satellite radio overlay processor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070142009A1 Systems and methods for antenna diversity combining for satellite radio signals Public/Granted day:2007-06-21
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