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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2006
Applicants:
Sigang Qiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sathish K. Kumar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Atul A. Salvekar, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sigang Qiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sathish K. Kumar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Atul A. Salvekar, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for switched diversity, including: determining, on a pair-wise basis, a plurality of comparative quality factors corresponding to at least two antennas based on signals received by the at least two antennas; filtering, over a period of time, multiple instances of at least one of the plurality of comparative quality factors; and selecting at least one of the signals to couple to at least one receiver chain based on the comparative quality factors.