Patent ID: 8948310
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H03H,H04B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a radio broadcast signal from an antenna into a radio receiver via one of a plurality of selectable matching networks, the antenna comprising a flexible conductor, a network profile of the antenna varying when the flexible conductor is physically reconfigured; decoding an analog audio signal and a digital signal from the radio broadcast signal using the radio receiver; evaluating a signal quality of the digital signal and a signal quality of the analog audio signal or of the radio broadcast signal using the radio receiver; and selecting another one of the plurality of selectable matching networks when the signal quality of the digital signal, the signal quality of the analog audio signal, or the signal quality of the radio broadcast signal falls beneath a threshold using matching network control circuitry; wherein the signal quality of the digital signal is evaluated based at least in part by applying a discrete value to a signal characteristic of the digital signal, and wherein the other one of the plurality of selectable matching networks is selected when the discrete value falls beneath the threshold.