Patent ID: 8019285

Claim:
A wireless communication device using an adaptive array antenna to perform wireless communication, comprising: an array of antennas to receive a plurality of radio waves; a reference signal generator to generate a reference signal; a reference signal coupler, coupled to the array of antennas, to combine the reference signal with received radio wave signals of the individual antennas; a plurality of matched filters, coupled to the reference signal coupler, to demodulate the received radio wave signals and the reference signals combined therewith; a plurality of first multipliers, coupled to outputs of the matched filters, to multiply the demodulated radio wave signals and demodulated reference signals by a plurality of first weighting coefficients, respectively; a plurality of second multipliers, coupled to the first multipliers in series, to further multiply the demodulated radio wave signals and demodulated reference signals by a plurality of second weighting coefficients, respectively; a calibrator, coupled to the matched filters via the first multipliers, to detect first phase differences between the demodulated reference signals, and provide the first multipliers with the first weighting coefficients calculated from the detected first phase differences, so as to correct different phase characteristics of circuitry that processes the received radio wave signals; and an adaptive array searcher, coupled to the second multipliers, to detect second phase differences between the demodulated radio wave signals, estimate a direction of arrival of the received radio waves from the detected second phase differences, and provide the second multipliers with the second weighting coefficients calculated from the estimated direction of arrival.