Patent · US Expired

Antenna diversity switching device with switching circuits between the receiver terminal and each antenna

US5594394A · kind A · utility

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37Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 1994
Grant dateJan 14, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q21/30
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An antenna switching device of the present invention includes: a transmitting terminal for receiving a transmitting signal; a first antenna terminal connected to a first antenna; a second antenna terminal connected to a second antenna; a receiving terminal for outputting receiving signals received at the first antenna terminal and the second antenna terminal; a selecting unit for selecting one mode among a first mode for outputting a signal corresponding to the transmitting signal to the first antenna terminal, a second mode for outputting the receiving signal received at the first antenna to the receiving terminal, and a third mode for outputting the receiving signal received at the second antenna to the receiving terminal.

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