Patent ID: 7295254

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a television display having a diagonal of at least 13 inches; electronics for providing a display of a received television signal, said electronics including a channel tuner; a casing surrounding at least a portion of said apparatus including a portion of said display and said electronics; at least first and second electronically integrated antenna—Wideband Low Noise Amplifier elements, each of said integrated antenna—Wideband Low Noise Amplifier elements including an output port, and providing substantially minimum noise figure and maximum signal level transfer from said antenna to said output port, each of said antenna—Wideband Low Noise Amplifier elements also including a bias voltage input port; said integrated antenna—Wideband Low Noise Amplifier elements being arranged in an array in which said elements are spaced apart by at least six inches, said array being concealed within said casing with each of said antenna—Wideband Low Noise Amplifier elements affixed to the interior of said casing; a high-speed signal processor interfaced between said array and said tuner, said signal processor providing space and polarization diversity reception by use of controlled electronic switches and at least one hybrid capable of combining signals from said output ports of said Wideband Low Noise Amplifiers either in-phase or out-of-phase; control means for electronically controlling bias voltage applied to said bias input port of said Wideband Low Noise Amplifiers and also controlling the states of said electronic switches, to thereby enhance at least one of the quality and reliability of TV reception; an external antenna input port; and means for bypassing signal applied to said external antenna input port around said array and said high-speed signal processor.