Patent ID: 8045940

Claim:
An integrated circuit, IC, for reception of radio frequency; RF, signals in an antenna network system, the IC comprising: at least two parallel amplifying paths, each parallel amplifying path facilitating diversity reception of a desired radio frequency bandwidth or standard, each amplifying path connecting a unique input of the IC with a corresponding unique output of the IC, each amplifying path comprising at least one low noise amplifier, at least one variable attenuator unit, and/or at least one gain flattening unit for flattening the gain in the frequency domain, each of the low noise amplifier, the variable attenuator unit, and the gain flattening unit of the respective amplifying path being adapted to operate at the respective radio frequency bandwidth or standard associated with the parallel amplifying path with which the respective amplifying path is associated; at least one control interface connected with at least one of the low noise amplifier, the variable attenuator unit, and the gain flattening unit on each amplifying path and adapted for communication with a digital processing unit to control operation of the at least one of the low noise amplifier, the variable attenuator unit, and the gain flattening unit for the corresponding amplifying path.