Patent ID: 8224271

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: an antenna arrangement in which there is a first and a second antenna group, with each antenna group comprising at least a first and a second radiation element, the first and second radiation elements in each group having first and second respective polarizations and gain, each of said groups also comprising a beam forming network which is connected to the radiation elements of the group, the beam forming networks also being connected to an output selector, the beam forming network of each antenna group uses the radiation elements in the group to create a radiation pattern of a polarization which is a composite of the first and second polarizations of the elements in the group, so that a first and a second radiation pattern of composite polarization is created, and in that the output selector in a predetermined fashion selects or combines signals received by the two antenna groups as the output of the selector, in which device the beam forming networks combine the radiation patterns of the radiation elements in the group of the beam forming network by applying weight factors to the signals transmitted and/or received by at least one of the radiation elements in the group; wherein the first and second beam forming networks of the respective antenna group applies such weight factors to the signals transmitted and/or received by the first and second radiation elements in their respective group that the first and second composite radiation patterns which are created have first and second differing polarizations.