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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2004
Applicants:

Charles J. Persico, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);

Kevin Gard, Raleigh, NC (US);

Gurkanwal Kamal Sahota, San Diego, CA (US);

Shinichi Miyazaki, San Diego, CA (US);

Steven C. Ciccarelli, Ramona, CA (US);

Inventors:

Charles J. Persico, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);

Kevin Gard, Raleigh, NC (US);

Gurkanwal Kamal Sahota, San Diego, CA (US);

Shinichi Miyazaki, San Diego, CA (US);

Steven C. Ciccarelli, Ramona, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/02 (2006.01); H04K 3/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/10 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04K 3/224 (2013.01); H04B 1/109 (2013.01); H04B 7/082 (2013.01);
Abstract

A low-power diversity receiver includes at least two receive paths, each of which is designated as a primary or secondary receive path. A primary receive path is compliant with system requirements (e.g., IS-98D requirements). A secondary receive path is not fully compliant with the system requirements and is designed for lower power, less area, and lower cost than the primary receive path. For a multi-antenna receiver, the two receive paths may be used to simultaneously process two received signals from two antennas. For a single-antenna receiver, either the primary or secondary receive path is selected, e.g., depending on whether or not large amplitude 'jammers' are detected, to process a single input signal from one antenna. The receiver may include additional receive paths for additional frequency bands and/or GPS.


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