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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2002
Lothar Vogt, Barienrode, DE;
Detlev Nyenhuis, Sibbesse, DE;
Lothar Vogt, Barienrode, DE;
Detlev Nyenhuis, Sibbesse, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and a device for a receiver for electromagnetic waves having at least two antennas are described; using this method and this device it is possible to effectively suppress multipath interference, while a portion of the antenna signals may also be utilized for other purposes at least temporarily, e.g., to allow better utilization of the possibilities of RDS activities. To do so, a first antenna signal () is used as the basis for generating a playback signal () when the signal quality of the first antenna signal () is above a defined threshold for undisturbed reception—case 1. In this case 1, the signal quality of the first antenna signal () is determined. If the signal quality of the first antenna signal () falls below this threshold—case 2—then a new signal y generated from at least two antenna signals () is used as the basis for generating the playback signal (). In case 2, the signal quality of new generated signal y and the signal quality of at least one antenna signal () are determined. New generated signal y is used as the basis for generating the playback signal () as long as the signal quality determined for the one antenna signal () is below this threshold and is evaluated as being inferior to the signal quality of the new generated signal y.