Patent ID: 7711335

Claim:
A receiver for receiving and processing digital satellite radio signals, comprising: a first antenna configured to receive digital satellite radio signals in a first frequency band; a first processing circuit coupled to said first antenna for receiving digital satellite radio signals in the first frequency band from said first antenna and converting said digital satellite radio signals into first IF signals; a second antenna configured to receive digital satellite radio signals in a second frequency band and output digital satellite radio signals in a third frequency band; a second processing circuit coupled to said second antenna for receiving the digital satellite radio signals in the third frequency band from said second antenna and converting the digital satellite radio signals in the third frequency band into second IF signals; decoder circuitry for extracting at least one of audio and data; diversity signal processing circuitry coupled to the decoder circuitry and to said first processing circuit and said second processing circuit, wherein said diversity signal processing circuitry receives the first and second IF signals from said first and second processing circuits, selects at least one of the first and second IF signals for processing, and provides the selected IF signals to the decoder circuitry for processing to extract at least one of audio and data; and a switch configured to control power consumption of each of said first and second processing circuits based on the state of said switch, said switch having a plurality of states, wherein the power consumption of said first processing circuit is reduced relative to the power consumption of said second processing circuit in a first state of said switch, and the power consumption of said second processing circuit is reduced relative to the power consumption of said first processing circuit in a second state of said switch.