# US 2020/0403684 A1 · Module for generating options for radio signals reception

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- Number: US 2020/0403684 A1
- Document ID: US20200403684A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/977,660
- Filed: 2018-12-18
- Published: 2020-12-24
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-20
- Assignees: Continental Automotive France; Continental Automotive GmbH
- Applicants: Continental Automotive France; Continental Automotive GmbH
- Inventors: Laurent Thery; Hervé Ducoffe
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200403684A1

## CPC

- H04B 7/0802: {using antenna selection (H04B7/0868 takes precedence; antenna beam directivity switching H01Q3/24)}
- H04H 40/27: specially adapted for broadcast systems covered by groups H04H20/53 - H04H20/95
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N)

## Abstract

A module for generating signal-reception options, the module being configured to receive at least one signal transmitted by at least one antenna; the generating module including at least one group of mixers and at least one input module; the at least one group of mixers including a number Y of mixers in which Y is an integer equal to or higher than 1; the at least one input module being coupled to the at least one group of mixers and configured to deliver a number Z of reception options available to receive the at least one signal, the number Z being determined depending at least on the number Y and/or on a number of types of signals received by the at least one group of mixers.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A module for generating signal-reception options, said module being configured to receive at least one signal transmitted by at least one antenna; the generating module comprising:
a) at least one group of mixers comprising a number Y of mixers in which Y is an integer equal to or higher than 1; and
b) at least one input module coupled to the at least one group of mixers and configured to deliver a number Z of reception options available to receive said at least one signal, the number Z being determined depending at least on the number Y and/or on a number of types of signals received by the at least one group of mixers.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The generating module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number Z of reception options is determined depending on at least a number Zi of reception options provided by the at least one group of mixers.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The generating module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the number Zi of available reception options provided by the at least one group of mixers is determined depending at least on the number Y and/or on a number of types of signals received by the at least one group of mixers.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The generating module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one antenna comprises a plurality of antennas; the number Z of available reception options being equal to or lower than a multiplication of the numbers Zi of reception options.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The generating module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the types of signals received by the at least one group of mixers in different frequency bands are chosen from the following signals: an AM signal, an FM signal, and a DAB signal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The generating module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one group of mixers comprises a plurality of groups of mixers, the signals received by the groups of mixers being transmitted by different antennas and in different frequency bands.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The generating module as claimed in claim 6, wherein the number of groups of mixers is higher than or equal to the highest value of the numbers of signals transmitted by the at least one antenna.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The generating module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number Y is equal to 2.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The generating module as claimed in claim 1 being coupled to at least one processing module configured to carry out computations comprising conversion of the at least one signal to digital and/or digital processing of the signal, the at least one processing module being coupled to a software-defined radio so as to demodulate the at least one signal.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

A system for processing signals comprising a generating module as claimed in claim 9 and a software-defined radio intended to demodulate the at least one signal.

### Claim 11 (depends on 3)

The generating module as claimed in claim 3, wherein the at least one antenna comprises a plurality of antennas; the number Z of available reception options being equal to or lower than a multiplication of the numbers Zi of reception options.