US5548836A
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Diversity receiver
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1994-06-24
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Granted: 1996-08-20
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Expires: 2014-06-24
Abstract
Abstract In a diversity receiver, an averaging circuit produces a short-time average value of an instantaneous value of a receiving electric field intensity at a receiving section. A ROM produces an appropriate threshold value corresponding to the short-time average value from the averaging circuit. A threshold decision circuit compares the threshold value produced from the ROM with the instantaneous value of the receiving electric field intensity and controls an antenna switch to switch antennas when the instantaneous value decreases below the threshold value.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Taromaru
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 03:49
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/02; H04B7/04; H04B7/08; H04B7/0802; H04B7/0805; H04B7/0814; H04B7/0834; Y; Y02; Y02D; Y02D30/00; Y02D30/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
A diversity receiver for receiving a burst wave, comprising: at least two antennas; an antenna switch for selecting one of the antennas and thus switching the antennas; a receiving section for receiving a radio wave using the antenna selected by the antenna switch and producing a receiving output; a receiving electric field intensity detector for detecting an instantaneous receiving electric field intensity at the receiving section; a fading speed detector for detecting a fading speed which is a temporal change rate of the instantaneous receiving electric field intensity of the radio wave received by the antennas; a threshold memory for storing an antenna-switching threshold level corresponding to each fading speed detected by the fading speed detector; a threshold converter for producing the antenna-switching threshold level corresponding to the fading speed detected by the fading speed detector with reference to the threshold memory; and antenna-switching decision means for switching the antennas through the antenna switch in the case where the instantaneous receiving electric field intensity detected by the receiving electric field intensity detector decreases below the antenna-switching threshold level produced from the threshold converter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
183 words
A diversity receiver for receiving a burst wave, comprising: at least two antennas; an antenna switch for selecting one of the antennas and thus switching the antennas; a receiving section for receiving a radio wave using the antenna selected by the antenna switch and producing a receiving output; a receiving electric field intensity detector for detecting an instantaneous receiving electric field intensity at the receiving section; a fading speed detector for detecting a fading speed which is a temporal change rate of the instantaneous receiving electric field intensity of the radio wave received by the antennas; a threshold memory for storing an antenna-switching threshold level corresponding to each fading speed detected by the fading speed detector; a threshold converter for producing the antenna-switching threshold level corresponding to the fading speed detected by the fading speed detector with reference to the threshold memory; and antenna-switching decision means for switching the antennas through the antenna switch in the case where the instantaneous receiving electric field intensity detected by the receiving electric field intensity detector decreases below the antenna-switching threshold level produced from the threshold converter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A diversity receiver according to claim 1, wherein the threshold memory is a nonvolatile memory.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
A diversity receiver according to claim 1, wherein the fading speed detector includes first means for detecting a number of antenna-switching operations at the antenna switch and second means for detecting the fading speed of the radio wave received through the antennas based on the antenna-switching frequency detected by the first means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
A diversity receiver according to claim 3, wherein the threshold memory is a nonvolatile memory.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
A diversity receiver according to claim 3, the first means is a counter.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
212 words
A diversity receiver mounted on a mobile unit for receiving a burst wave, comprising: at lest two antennas; an antenna switch for switching the antennas by selecting one of the antennas; a receiving section for receiving a radio wave using the antenna selected by the antenna switch and producing a receiving output; a receiving electric field intensity detector for detecting an instantaneous receiving electric field intensity at the receiving section; a fading speed detector including a traveling speed detector for detecting a traveling speed of the mobile unit and detecting a fading speed, that is a temporal change rate of the instantaneous receiving electric field intensity of the radio wave received by the antenna, on the basis of the traveling speed of the mobile unit; a threshold memory for storing an antenna-switching threshold level corresponding to each fading speed detected by the fading speed detector; a threshold converter for producing the antenna-switching threshold level corresponding to the fading speed detected by the fading speed detector with reference to the threshold memory; and antenna-switching decision means for switching the antennas through the antenna switch in the case where the instantaneous receiving electric field intensity detected by the receiving electric field intensity detector decreases below the antenna-switching threshold level produced from the threshold converter.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
212 words
A diversity receiver mounted on a mobile unit for receiving a burst wave, comprising: at lest two antennas; an antenna switch for switching the antennas by selecting one of the antennas; a receiving section for receiving a radio wave using the antenna selected by the antenna switch and producing a receiving output; a receiving electric field intensity detector for detecting an instantaneous receiving electric field intensity at the receiving section; a fading speed detector including a traveling speed detector for detecting a traveling speed of the mobile unit and detecting a fading speed, that is a temporal change rate of the instantaneous receiving electric field intensity of the radio wave received by the antenna, on the basis of the traveling speed of the mobile unit; a threshold memory for storing an antenna-switching threshold level corresponding to each fading speed detected by the fading speed detector; a threshold converter for producing the antenna-switching threshold level corresponding to the fading speed detected by the fading speed detector with reference to the threshold memory; and antenna-switching decision means for switching the antennas through the antenna switch in the case where the instantaneous receiving electric field intensity detected by the receiving electric field intensity detector decreases below the antenna-switching threshold level produced from the threshold converter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
A diversity receiver according to claim 6, wherein the threshold memory is a nonvolatile memory.
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