METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ANTENNA DIVERSITY IN A PORTABLE RADIOTELEPHONE - Patent 0870370

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EP 0 870 370 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	14.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/42

(21)	Application number: 96945286.0

(22)	Date of filing: 23.12.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04J 13/ 00^{( . )}
H04B 7/ 08^{( . )}

H04B 7/ 06^{( . )}
H04B 7/ 26^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/020656

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/024818 (10.07.1997 Gazette 1997/30)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

28.12.1995 US 19950579895

(71)	Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
	San Diego, California 92121 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	KORNFELD, Richard, K. San Diego, CA 92129 (US)

(74)	Representative: Whitten, George Alan, et al
	R.G.C. Jenkins & Co., 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ANTENNA DIVERSITY IN A PORTABLE RADIOTELEPHONE