Patent ID: 9196962
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: H01Q,H03F,H04B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: operating a front end of a receiver in a single-ended mode or a differential mode with respect to a first and a second antenna input according to settings of a first and a second switch, the first switch disposed between the first antenna input and a reference potential and the second switch disposed between the second antenna input and the reference potential; setting the first and second switch to respectively disconnect the first antenna input and the second antenna input from the reference potential to operate the receiver in the differential mode; and selectively closing the first switch to couple the first antenna input to the reference voltage or selectively closing the second switch to couple the second antenna input to the reference voltage, to configure the front end of the receiver to receive signals from one of a first loopstick antenna coupled at one of the first and second antenna inputs and a second loopstick antenna coupled at the other of the first and second antenna inputs to operate the receiver in the single-ended mode.