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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
John Stuart Walley, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Rafael Sotomayor, Oceanside, CA (US);
Prasan Kumar Pai, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
John Stuart Walley, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Rafael Sotomayor, Oceanside, CA (US);
Prasan Kumar Pai, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for processing channels in a FM communication system are provided. The FM communication system using the method or program may include adjusting a tuning frequency of a FM receiver for scanning and detecting an FM channel based on one or more of knowledge of location of said FM receiver, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), and/or carrier error of a related FM signal. Frequency offsets and channel spacing of the detected FM channels may be derived based on a self measurement routine. The aforementioned information may be preprogrammed, updated from a previous scan, or from external inputs to configure the receiver for subsequent selective tuning.