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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Garry C Hess, Elgin, IL (US);
Allen L Davidson, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4552781 ; 4552761 ; 455273 ; 455 523 ; 455 65 ; 375347 ; 343757 ;
Abstract
A receiver (100) that includes an antenna (101) employs a method and apparatus for producing diversity gain of a signal (106) received by the antenna (101), wherein the signal (106) is subject to a time-variant fading condition. Upon receiving the signal (106), the receiver (100) determines a signal quality metric of the signal (106) and compares the signal quality metric to a quality threshold. When the signal quality metric is below the quality threshold, the receiver (100) orients a predetermined antenna pattern (304) of the antenna (101) to improve the signal quality metric, thereby producing the diversity gain.