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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2006
Applicants:
James Digby Yarlet Collier, Suffolk, GB;
Steven Mark Singer, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
James Digby Yarlet Collier, Suffolk, GB;
Steven Mark Singer, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A communication device for receiving a signal in the form of a series of bursts, each burst being at one of a plurality of different available transmission modes, the communication device comprising: two antennas; a receiver unit coupled to the antennas for preferentially receiving signals from a selected one of the antennas; and an antenna selection unit for selecting for each received burst with which of the antennas the receiver unit is to preferentially receive signals.