Patent ID: 8145173

Claim:
A receiver comprising: a first receiving section including a first antenna terminal arranged to be coupled to a first antenna receiving a signal having a desired frequency, a first radio frequency (RF) amplifier amplifying a signal supplied from the first antenna terminal and outputting the amplified signal, a first local oscillator outputting a first oscillation signal, and a first mixer heterodyning a signal output from the first RF amplifier with using the first oscillation signal and outputting the heterodyned signal; a second receiving section including a second antenna terminal arranged to be coupled to a second antenna receiving the signal of the desired frequency, a second RF amplifier amplifying a signal supplied from the second antenna terminal and outputting the amplified signal, a second local oscillator outputting a second oscillation signal, and a second mixer heterodyning a signal output from the second RF amplifier with using the second oscillation signal and outputting the heterodyned signal; a combining unit combining the signal output from the first mixer and the signal output from the second mixer; and a controller operable to switch between a diversity receiving mode in which both of the first receiving section and the second receiving section are activated and a first single receiving mode in which the first receiving section is activated while the second receiving section is deactivated, and allow the first mixer to heterodyne the signal output from the first RF amplifier with using the second oscillation signal and output the heterodyned signal in the first single receiving mode.