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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Yao H. Kuo, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses and methods for providing FM phase diversity capabilities are provide. In some aspects, a vehicle system includes a first FM antenna positioned externally of a vehicle and adapted to receive a first FM signal, a radio unit positioned internally of the vehicle and including a display and at least one user control, a cable electrically coupled to the first FM antenna and the radio unit to communicate the first FM signal to the radio unit, and a second FM antenna positioned internally of the vehicle and adapted to receive a second FM signal that is communicated to the radio unit. In another aspect, a radio unit positioned internally of the vehicle may include a printed wire board and a second FM antenna may be positioned on the printed wire board internally of the vehicle and adapted to receive a second FM signal.