Patent ID: 8396096

Claim:
A communication receiver comprising: at least first and second antennas for receiving respectively first and second Radio Frequency (RF) signals; a RF processing module operable i) to down-convert the first RF signal with first in-phase and quadrature local oscillator signals spread with a first analog code sequence and the second RF signal with second in-phase and quadrature local oscillator signals spread with a second analog code sequence, and ii) to multiplex said first and second down-converted in-phase signals to deliver a multiplexed down-converted in-phase signal and said first and second down-converted quadrature signals to deliver a multiplexed down-converted quadrature signal; and a baseband processing module operable i) to convert said in-phase and quadrature multiplexed down-converted RF signals into in-phase and quadrature multiplexed digital signals, ii) to generate said first and second analog code sequences, iii) to produce at least first and third despreaded and demultiplexed in-phase signals and second and fourth despreaded and demultiplexed quadrature signals from said in-phase and quadrature multiplexed digital signals and said first and second analog code sequences, and iv) to retrieve data within said received first and second RF signals from said first and third despreaded and demultiplexed in-phase signals and second and fourth despreaded and demultiplexed quadrature signals.