Patent ID: 6546236
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A receiver for use with a first antenna which receives first polarized signals and a second antenna which receives second polarized signals, the first polarized signals having a substantially different polarization than the second polarized signals, said first polarized signals and said second polarized signals being depolarized components of an original transmitted signal, the receiver comprising:a phase shifter for adjusting the phase of the first polarized signal to produce a phase compensated first signal; a phase detector connected to the phase shifter to receive the phase compensated first signal and to the second antenna to receive the second polarized signal; a combiner circuit connected to the second antenna to receive the second polarized signal and to the phase shifter to receive the phase compensated first signal, the combiner circuit constructively summing the second polarized signal and the phase compensated first signal to generate a combined polarization received signal.