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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Severine Catreux, Cardiff, CA (US);
Vinko Erceg, Cardiff, CA (US);
Pieter Roux, San Diego, CA (US);
Pieter Van Rooyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jack Winters, Middletown, NJ (US);
Severine Catreux, Cardiff, CA (US);
Vinko Erceg, Cardiff, CA (US);
Pieter Roux, San Diego, CA (US);
Pieter Van Rooyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jack Winters, Middletown, NJ (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A receiver operatively coupled to an antenna structure capable of receiving a first plurality of RF signals is disclosed herein. The receiver includes an RF processing network operative to perform weighting and combining operations within the RF domain using the first plurality of RF signals so as to produce a second plurality of RF signals. Also provided is a downconverter configured to downconvert the second plurality of RF signals into a second plurality of down-converted signals. In alternate implementations certain of the weighting and combining operations are performed at baseband and the remainder effected within the RF domain. A transmitter of corresponding architecture is also disclosed.