Patent ID: 7062001

Claim:
An adaptive receiver for determining parameters of an incoming signal, said receiver comprising: a) a plurality of antenna channels; each of said antenna channels including a respective antenna element for receiving said incoming signal and for outputting a respective antenna channel signal; b) a switching matrix operatively coupled to receive antenna channel signals from said antenna channels; said switching matrix for distributing said antenna channel signals to a plurality of receiver channels according to a predetermined mapping; c) a multi-channel down-converter operatively coupled to receive said antenna channel signals from said receiver channels; said multi-channel down-converter for processing said antenna channel signals to output respective intermediate frequency signals; d) a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) operatively coupled to receive said intermediate frequency signals from said multi-channel down-converter; said ADCs for converting said intermediate frequency signals to digital signals; said digital signals being indicative of at least the phase and amplitude of said incoming signal; and, e) a digital processor operatively coupled to receive said digital signals from said ADCs for determining said parameters.