Patent ID: 7269396

Claim:
A method for suppressing multipath interference in a receiver for electromagnetic waves, comprising: generating a playback signal on the basis of at least one of at least two antenna signals including a first antenna signal and a second antenna signal; and performing one of the following groups: a first group including: generating the playback signal on the basis of the first antenna signal if a signal quality of the first antenna signal is above a defined threshold for undisturbed reception, and determining the signal quality of the first antenna signal, and a second group including: generating a new signal from the at least two antenna signals, determining a signal quality of the new signal, determining the signal quality of one of the at least two antenna signals, and generating the playback signal on the basis of the new signal as long as the signal quality determined for one of the at least two antenna signals is below the defined threshold and is evaluated as being inferior to the signal quality of the new signal, when the new signal is used as the basis for generating the playback signal, using at least one of the new signal, the first antenna signal and the second antenna signal briefly at periodic intervals in a manner imperceptible to the human ear for a Radio Data System (RDS) activity.