Patent ID: 8681908

Claim:
A multi-chip antenna diversity architecture comprising: a first receiver chip that receives a first input signal from a first antenna, said first receiver chip comprising: a first tuner that amplifies said first input signal; a first demodulator directly connected to said tuner, wherein said first demodulator demodulates said first input signal received from said first tuner; a first diversity combiner operatively connected to said first demodulator; a first power sequencer that controls said first receiver chip; and a first chip ID comprising a voltage source V SS that indicates said first receiver chip as a slave chip; a second receiver chip that receives a second input signal from a second antenna, said second receiver chip comprising: a second tuner that amplifies said second input signal; a second demodulator directly connected to said second tuner, wherein said second demodulator demodulates said second input signal received from said second tuner; a second diversity combiner directly connected to said second demodulator, wherein said second diversity combiner receives diversity data from said first demodulator and receives the demodulated second input signal from said second demodulator; a second chip ID comprising a voltage source V DD that indicates said second receiver chip as a master chip; and a Diversity State Machine (DSM) that receives signal statistics from said first demodulator and said second demodulator, wherein said DSM controls an operating state of said first receiver chip and said second receiver chip, wherein said first receiver chip and said second receiver chip are structurally identical.