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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Applicant:
U-blox Ag, Thalwil, CH;
Inventors:
Thomas Kaufmann, Zürich, CH;
Roderick Bryant, Conder in the Australian Captial Territory, AU;
Assignee:
U-BLOX AG, Thalwil, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); G01S 19/30 (2010.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/245 (2013.01); G01S 19/30 (2013.01); H01Q 3/247 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0006 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes an antenna assembly including an antenna configured to receive a signal and generate, at a plurality of feed points of the antenna, a plurality of corresponding polarized signals having respective polarization directions different from each other, using the received signal; and a switching circuit configured to periodically switch between the plurality of feed points to select a corresponding one of the polarized signals among the plurality of polarized signals at a point of time based on a switching signal.