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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yao Hsien Kuo, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
John Francis Kennedy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Milan Cvetkovic, Rochester, GB;
Christopher Stanley Nicholas, Bushey, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455135 ; 455137 ; 4552781 ; 455303 ;
Abstract
A space diversity, multiple-tuner radio receiver obtains substantially noise free reception under most signal conditions. The tuner outputs are mixed in proportion with the signal quality as determined by detecting noise in each tuner output signal. Long-time-delay multipath distortion, adjacent channel interference, and co-channel interference are reduced by selecting predetermined antenna pattern combinations in response to high noise levels being present from both tuners.