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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Brian W. Kroeger, Sykesville, MD (US);
Paul J. Peyla, Elkridge, MD (US);
Jeffrey S. Baird, Columbia, MD (US);
Brian W. Kroeger, Sykesville, MD (US);
Paul J. Peyla, Elkridge, MD (US);
Jeffrey S. Baird, Columbia, MD (US);
iBiquity Digital Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Abstract
A radio receiver includes a first signal path including a first tuner configured to receive a first signal from a first antenna, and a first demodulator configured to demodulate symbols from an output of the first tuner to produce first branch metrics derived from the demodulated symbols; a second signal path including a second tuner configured to receive a second signal from a second antenna, and a second demodulator configured to demodulate symbols from an output of the second tuner to produce second branch metrics derived from the demodulated symbols; a combiner for maximum ratio combining the first branch metrics and the second branch metrics; and processing circuitry to process the combined first and second branch metrics to produce an output signal.