Patent ID: 6172652
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
An antenna system for receiving horizontal and vertical components of a transmitted RF signal and for minimizing the magnitude of one of said components prior to application to an RF utilization means and comprising:vertical antenna means for primarily receiving said vertical components of said RF signal;horizontal antenna means for primarily receiving said horizontal components of said RF signal;time delay means for adjusting the time delay between said vertical and horizontal components;phase adjustment means for adjusting the phase between said vertical and horizontal components;combining means for combining said adjusted horizontal and vertical components to obtain therefrom a combined RF signal for application to said RF utilization means; and,vertical signal splitter means coupled to said vertical antenna means for splitting any received RF signal into N correction paths and horizontal splitter means coupled to said horizontal antenna means for splitting any received RF signal into N correction paths wherein N represents the number of signal reflections being corrected.