Smart, active, and concealable antenna array for portable television reception

This paper describes an array which is concealable with a TV set or set-top box. The array is made of small active antennas which can provide space and polarization diversity by phase switching alone. The array can be manually or automatically controlled to maximize the signal-noise ratio of the desired channel and minimize the interference from undesired channels. The combination of automatically adjustable dual diversity and small physical size makes this device suitable for mobile reception.