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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2010
Pierre Busson, Grenoble, FR;
Pierre Busson, Grenoble, FR;
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Abstract
A satellite receive unit for receiving a plurality of satellite signals from a plurality of satellites, the satellite receive unit including: a plurality of low noise blocks each for receiving one or more of the satellite signals and providing a received signal, at least one of the low noise blocks receiving a plurality of the satellite signals; and a satellite signal processing unit including a plurality of branches each arranged to receive a corresponding one of the received signals from the plurality of low noise blocks, each branch having a multiplier arranged to weight the received signal by multiplying by a corresponding coefficient; and an adder arranged to add the weighted signals of each branch to generate an output satellite signal.