Reception diversity combiner with selectable inversion and variable gain
CA 2455111 A1 · Owner: Icefyre Semiconductor Corporation · Inventors: Wight, James Stuart
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A combiner for a diversity radio receiver wherein amplitude inversion of either received signal is performed, on a selection basis in order to , maximize the resultant output combined signal. The strength of each diversity signal is monitored as well as the strength of the combined output signal. A gain control engine combines the stronger signal with either the inverted or non-inverted weaker signal to maximize the combined output (resultant) signal strength. According to another embodiment the combiner may additionally perform an amplitude adjustment whereby the in-channel noise power is also monitored and the individual channel signal-to-noise ratios are used to adjust the …
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