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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Rajendra Tushar Moorti, Mountain View, CA (US);
Min Chuin Hoo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jason Alexander Trachewsky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Rajendra Tushar Moorti, Mountain View, CA (US);
Min Chuin Hoo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jason Alexander Trachewsky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for choosing at least one signal path is disclosed and may include determining a power level characteristic for each of a plurality of signal paths. The determined power level characteristic for each of the plurality of signal paths may be modified. At least one of the plurality of signal paths may be selected for receiving a signal. The selecting may be based on at least one of the modified power level characteristics. The method may also include cycling through at least one of the signal paths. The power level characteristic for each of the plurality of signal paths may be biased. The power level characteristic for each of the plurality of signal paths may be increased by a fixed amount.