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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:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ian M Clarke, Disley, GB;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455272 ; 4552772 ; 342368 ;
Abstract
A receiver comprising an antenna array having a number of antenna elements. The antenna array is fed by a feeder. Switching apparatus are arranged for switching at least a first antenna element to the feeder or at least a second antenna element to the feeder. This provides a spatial shift of the antenna array without changing its radiation pattern. This improves the signal level when poor signal reception occurs due to multipath fading.