Patent ID: 7221925

Claim:
A broadcast receiver, comprising: a first FM demodulator configured to demodulate a received broadcast signal and to generate a first output signal; at least one second FM demodulator configured to demodulate the received broadcast signal and to generate a respective second output signal; a weighting unit configured to weight the output signals of the first and respective second FM demodulators or signals derived therefrom according to a variable weighting signal and to generate a weighted sum signal thereof for the further processing of the received broadcast signal; a control unit configured to generate the weighting signal on basis of the output signals of the first and respective second FM demodulators, or of quality indication signals derived therefrom, or of field strengths corresponding to the output signals of the first and respective second FM demodulators or of quality indication signals derived therefrom; and a respective calculation unit for each one of the first and respective second output signals receiving one said first and respective second output signals or a signal derived therefrom to generate a respective quality indication signal by calculating a quadrature component coherent demodulator thereof, wherein the weighting signal is calculated based on the noise and/or distortions included in the output signals of the first and respective second FM demodulators.