Patent ID: 8144260

Claim:
An antenna assembly, comprising: a first antenna, positioned to maximize reception in a first direction, configured to receive radio frequency (RF) energy from a first frequency band and a second frequency band, the first frequency band being different from the second frequency band; a first matching network configured to pass RF energy from the first antenna, the first matching network including: a first matching sub-network configured to pass the RF energy from the first frequency band; and a second matching sub-network configured to pass RF energy from the second frequency band, wherein the first matching sub-network and the second matching sub-network are selected in response to a second control signal; a second antenna, positioned to maximize reception in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction, configured to receive RF energy from the first frequency band; a second matching network configured to pass the RF energy from the second antenna; and a switching module, coupled to the first and the second matching networks, configured to select the RF energy from the first antenna or the RF energy from the second antenna in response to a first control signal.