Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Antenna diversity for magnetic induction radio
- Patent Title (中): 磁感应无线电天线分集
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Application No.: US13273136Application Date: 2011-10-13
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Publication No.: US08902772B2Publication Date: 2014-12-02
- Inventor: Ludo Albert Lenaerts
- Applicant: Ludo Albert Lenaerts
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: NXP, B.V.
- Current Assignee: NXP, B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP10187547 20101014
- Main IPC: H04L1/06
- IPC: H04L1/06 ; H04B7/06 ; H01Q21/28 ; H04B5/06 ; H04B5/00

Abstract:
A magnetic induction system is disclosed, which has antenna diversity at the transmitter side, but which does not require a bidirectional link to pass information regarding received signal quality back to the transmitter. The system uses a time division multiplexing access (TDMA) arrangement, to transmit the same, or correlated, information with a level of redundancy, from two, or more, antenna to at least a receiver. The or each receiver is configured to determine a received signal quality from the channel received from one antenna, and, in response to inadequate signal quality, to switch to another antenna. A receiver, and a transmitter for such a magnetic induction system are also disclosed, as is an associated method. A non-limiting application of such a system is in binaural hearing aids, in which antenna diversity is preferred at the transmitter because of space limitations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120269076A1 ANTENNA DIVERSITY FOR MAGNETIC INDUCTION RADIO Public/Granted day:2012-10-25
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