IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0729393
(2007-03-28)
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등록번호 |
US-7826865
(2010-11-22)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Rofougaran, Ahmadreza (Reza)
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Garlick Harrison & Markison
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
5 인용 특허 :
3 |
초록
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An integrated circuit (IC) includes a baseband processing module and a radio frequency (RF) section. The baseband processing module is coupled to convert outbound data into amplitude modulation information and phase modulation information when the IC is in a cellular data mode and to convert an outb
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a baseband processing module and a radio frequency (RF) section. The baseband processing module is coupled to convert outbound data into amplitude modulation information and phase modulation information when the IC is in a cellular data mode and to convert an outbound radio frequency identification (RFID) signal into RFID amplitude modulation information when the IC is in an RFID mode. The RF section is coupled to generate an outbound RF data signal in accordance with the amplitude modulation information and the phase modulation information when the IC is in the cellular data mode and to generate an outbound RF RFID signal in accordance with the RFID amplitude information when the IC is in the RFID mode.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. An integrated circuit (IC) comprises: a baseband processing module coupled to: convert outbound data into amplitude modulation information and phase modulation information when the IC is in a cellular data mode; and convert an outbound radio frequency identification (RFID) si
What is claimed is: 1. An integrated circuit (IC) comprises: a baseband processing module coupled to: convert outbound data into amplitude modulation information and phase modulation information when the IC is in a cellular data mode; and convert an outbound radio frequency identification (RFID) signal into RFID amplitude modulation information when the IC is in an RFID mode; and a radio frequency (RF) section coupled to: generate an outbound RF data signal in accordance with the amplitude modulation information and the phase modulation information when the IC is in the cellular data mode; and generate an outbound RF RFID signal in accordance with the RFID amplitude information when the IC is in the RFID mode. 2. The IC of claim 1, wherein the RF section comprises: an oscillation module coupled to convert a reference oscillation into an RF oscillation, wherein, when the IC is in the cellular data mode, the oscillation module modulates the RF oscillation based on the phase modulation information to produce a phase modulated RF signal; and a power amplifier module coupled to amplify the RF oscillation in accordance with the RFID amplitude modulation information to produce the outbound RF RFID signal when the IC is in the RFID mode and to amplify the phase modulated RF signal in accordance with the amplitude modulation information to produce the outbound RF data signal when the IC is in the cellular data mode. 3. The IC of claim 1 further comprises: the baseband processing module further coupled to convert the outbound data into frequency modulation information when the IC is in a second cellular data mode; and the RF section further coupled to generate the outbound RF data signal in accordance with the frequency modulation information when the IC is in the second cellular data mode. 4. The IC of claim 1 further comprises: the RF section further coupled to: generate inbound amplitude modulation information and inbound phase modulation information from an inbound RF data signal when the IC is in the cellular data mode; and generate inbound RFID amplitude information from an inbound RF RFID signal when the IC is in the RFID mode; the baseband processing module further coupled to: convert the inbound amplitude modulation information and the inbound phase modulation information into inbound data when the IC is in the cellular data mode; and convert the inbound RFID amplitude modulation information into an inbound RFID signal when the IC is in the RFID mode. 5. The IC of claim 4 further comprises: the RF section including a low noise amplifier module, an amplitude demodulation module, and a down conversion module, wherein, when the IC is in the RFID mode, the low noise amplifier module amplifies the inbound RF RFID signal to produce an amplified inbound RF RFID signal and the amplitude demodulation module demodulates the amplified inbound RF RFID signal to produce the inbound RFID amplitude information and, when the IC is in the cellular data mode, the low noise amplifier module amplifies the inbound RF data signal to produce an amplified inbound RF data signal and the down conversion module converts the amplified inbound RF data signal into an inbound data symbol stream that includes the inbound phase and amplitude modulation information; and the baseband processing module including a first decoding module, a time-to-frequency domain conversion module, a demapping module, a deinterleaving module, and a second decoding module, wherein, when the IC is in the RFID mode, the first decoding module decodes the inbound RFID amplitude modulation information to produce the inbound RFID signal and, when the IC is in the cellular data mode, the time-to-frequency domain conversion module converts the inbound data symbol stream into inbound time domain data symbols, the demapping module demaps the inbound time domain data symbols to produce interleaved inbound data, the deinterleaving module deinterleaves the interleaved inbound data to produce inbound encoded data, and the second decoding module decodes the inbound encoded data to produce the inbound data. 6. The IC of claim 1 further comprises: an on-chip digital-to-RF interface coupling the baseband processing module to the RF section. 7. An integrated circuit (IC) comprises: a baseband processing module coupled to: convert an outbound voice signal into a minimum shift keying (MSK) modulated signal when the IC is in a cellular voice mode; convert outbound data into amplitude modulation information and phase modulation information when the IC is in a cellular data mode; and convert an outbound radio frequency identification (RFID) signal into RFID amplitude modulation information when the IC is in an RFID mode; and a radio frequency (RF) section coupled to: generate an outbound RF voice signal from the MSK modulated signal when the IC is in the cellular voice mode; generate an outbound RF data signal in accordance with the amplitude modulation information and the phase modulation information when the IC is in the cellular data mode; and generate an outbound RF RFID signal in accordance with the RFID amplitude information when the IC is in the RFID mode. 8. The IC of claim 7, wherein the RF section comprises: an oscillation module coupled to convert a reference oscillation into an RF oscillation, wherein, when the IC is in the cellular data mode, the oscillation module modulates the RF oscillation based on the phase modulation information to produce a phase modulated RF signal and, when the IC is in the cellular voice mode, the oscillation module modulates the RF oscillation in accordance with the MSK modulated signal to produce an RF MSK modulated signal; and a power amplifier module coupled to amplify the RF oscillation in accordance with the RFID amplitude modulation information to produce the outbound RF RFID signal when the IC is in the RFID mode, to amplify the phase modulated RF signal in accordance with the amplitude modulation information to produce the outbound RF data signal when the IC is in the cellular data mode, and to amplify the RF MSK modulated signal in accordance with a cellular voice gain setting to produce the outbound RF voice signal when the IC is in the cellular voice mode. 9. The IC of claim 7 further comprises: the baseband processing module further coupled to convert the outbound data into frequency modulation information when the IC is in a second cellular data mode; and the RF section further coupled to generate the outbound RF data signal in accordance with the frequency modulation information when the IC is in the second cellular data mode. 10. The IC of claim 7 further comprises: the baseband processing module further coupled to convert the outbound voice signal into quadrature phase modulation information when the IC is in a second cellular voice mode; and the RF section further coupled to generate the outbound RF voice signal in accordance with the quadrature phase modulation information when the IC is in the second cellular voice mode. 11. The IC of claim 7 further comprises: the RF section further coupled to: generate an inbound MSK modulated signal from an inbound RF voice signal from the when the IC is in the cellular voice mode; generate inbound amplitude modulation information and inbound phase from an inbound RF data signal when the IC is in the cellular data mode; and generate inbound RFID amplitude information from an inbound RF RFID signal when the IC is in the RFID mode; the baseband processing module further coupled to: convert the inbound MSK modulated signal into an inbound voice signal when the IC is in the cellular data mode; convert the inbound amplitude modulation information and the inbound phase modulation information into inbound data when the IC is in the cellular data mode; and convert the inbound RFID amplitude modulation information into an inbound RFID signal when the IC is in the RFID mode. 12. The IC of claim 11 further comprises: the RF section including a low noise amplifier module, an amplitude demodulation module, a frequency demodulation module, and a down conversion module, wherein, when the IC is in the RFID mode, the low noise amplifier module amplifies the inbound RF RFID signal to produce an amplified inbound RF RFID signal and the amplitude demodulation module demodulates the amplified inbound RF RFID signal to produce the inbound RFID amplitude information, when the IC is in the cellular data mode, the low noise amplifier module amplifies the inbound RF data signal to produce an amplified inbound RF data signal and the down conversion module converts the amplified inbound RF data signal into an inbound data symbol stream that includes the inbound phase and amplitude modulation information, and, when the IC is in the cellular voice mode, the low noise amplifier module amplifies the inbound RF voice signal to produce an amplified inbound RF voice signal and the frequency demodulation module demodulates the amplified inbound RF voice signal to produce the inbound MSK modulated signal; and the baseband processing module including a first decoding module, a time-to-frequency domain conversion module, a demapping module, a deinterleaving module, a second decoding module, and an MSK decoding module, wherein, when the IC is in the RFID mode, the first decoding module decodes the inbound RFID amplitude modulation information to produce the inbound RFID signal, when the IC is in the cellular data mode, the time-to-frequency domain conversion module converts the inbound data symbol stream into inbound time domain data symbols, the demapping module demaps the inbound time domain data symbols to produce interleaved inbound data, the deinterleaving module deinterleaves the interleaved inbound data to produce inbound encoded data, and the second decoding module decodes the inbound encoded data to produce the inbound data, and, when the IC is in the cellular voice mode, the MSK decoding module decodes the inbound MSK modulated signal to produce the inbound voice signal. 13. The IC of claim 7 further comprises: an on-chip digital-to-RF interface coupling the baseband processing module to the RF section. 14. An integrated circuit (IC) comprises: a baseband processing module coupled to: convert the outbound voice signal into quadrature phase modulation information when the IC is in a cellular voice mode; convert outbound data into at least one of amplitude modulation information, phase modulation information, and frequency modulation information when the IC is in a cellular data mode; and convert an outbound radio frequency identification (RFID) signal into RFID amplitude modulation information when the IC is in an RFID mode; and a radio frequency (RF) section coupled to: generate an outbound RF voice signal in accordance with the quadrature phase modulation information when the IC is in the cellular voice mode; generate an outbound RF data signal in accordance with the at least one of the amplitude modulation information, the phase modulation information, and the frequency modulation information when the IC is in the cellular data mode; and generate an outbound RF RFID signal in accordance with the RFID amplitude information when the IC is in the RFID mode. 15. The IC of claim 14 further comprises: the baseband processing module coupled to convert the outbound data into the amplitude modulation information and the phase modulation information when the IC is in a first mode of the cellular data mode; and the RF section coupled to generate the outbound RF data signal in accordance with the amplitude modulation information and the phase modulation information when the IC is in the first mode of the cellular data mode. 16. The IC of claim 14 further comprises: the baseband processing module coupled to convert the outbound data into the frequency modulation information when the IC is in a second mode of the cellular data mode; and the RF section coupled to generate an outbound RF data signal in accordance with the frequency modulation information when the IC is in the second mode of the cellular data mode. 17. The IC of claim 14, wherein the RF section comprises: an oscillation module coupled to convert a reference oscillation into an RF oscillation, wherein, when the IC is in a first mode of the cellular data mode, the oscillation module modulates the RF oscillation based on the phase modulation information to produce a phase modulated RF signal, when the IC is in the cellular voice mode, the oscillation module modulates the RF oscillation in accordance with the quadrature phase modulation information to produce an RF quadrature phase modulated signal, and, when the IC is in a second mode of the cellular data mode, the oscillation module modulates the RF oscillation in accordance with the frequency modulation information to produce an RF frequency modulated signal; and a power amplifier module coupled to amplify the RF oscillation in accordance with the RFID amplitude modulation information to produce the outbound RF RFID signal when the IC is in the RFID mode, to amplify the phase modulated RF signal in accordance with the amplitude modulation information to produce the outbound RF data signal when the IC is in the first mode of the cellular data mode, to amplify the RF quadrature phase modulated signal in accordance with a cellular voice gain setting to produce the outbound RF voice signal when the IC is in the cellular voice mode, and to amplify the RF frequency modulated signal in accordance with a cellular data gain setting to produce the outbound RF data signal when the IC is in the second mode of the cellular data mode. 18. The IC of claim 14 further comprises: an on-chip digital-to-RF interface coupling the baseband processing module to the RF section. 19. An integrated circuit (IC) comprises: a baseband processing module coupled to: convert outbound data into at least one of outbound amplitude modulation information, outbound phase modulation information, and outbound frequency modulation information when the IC is in a cellular data mode; convert at least one of inbound amplitude modulation information, inbound phase modulation information, and inbound frequency modulation information into inbound data when the IC is in the cellular data mode; convert an outbound radio frequency identification (RFID) signal into outbound RFID amplitude modulation information when the IC is in an RFID mode; convert inbound RFID amplitude modulation information into an inbound RFID signal when the IC is in the RFID mode; process the inbound RFID signal and in response to processing the inbound RFID signal, generating the outbound data; and process the inbound data and in response to processing the inbound data, generating the outbound RFID signal; and a radio frequency (RF) section coupled to: generate an outbound RF data signal in accordance with the at least one of the amplitude modulation information, the phase modulation information, and the frequency modulation information when the IC is in the cellular data mode; generate an outbound RF RFID signal in accordance with the RFID amplitude information when the IC is in the RFID mode; generate the at least one of the inbound amplitude modulation information, the inbound phase modulation information, and the inbound frequency modulation information from an inbound RF data signal into inbound data when the IC is in the cellular data mode; and generate the inbound RFID amplitude modulation information from an inbound RF RFID signal when the IC is in the RFID mode. 20. The IC of claim 19 further comprises: the baseband processing module coupled to convert the outbound data into the amplitude modulation information and the phase modulation information when the IC is in a first mode of the cellular data mode; and the RF section coupled to generate the outbound RF data signal in accordance with the amplitude modulation information and the phase modulation information when the IC is in the first mode of the cellular data mode. 21. The IC of claim 19 further comprises: the baseband processing module coupled to convert the outbound data into the frequency modulation information when the IC is in a second mode of the cellular data mode; and the RF section coupled to generate an outbound RF data signal in accordance with the frequency modulation information when the IC is in the second mode of the cellular data mode. 22. The IC of claim 19, wherein the RF section comprises: an oscillation module coupled to convert a reference oscillation into an RF oscillation, wherein, when the IC is in a first mode of the cellular data mode, the oscillation module modulates the RF oscillation based on the phase modulation information to produce a phase modulated RF signal, and, when the IC is in a second mode of the cellular data mode, the oscillation module modulates the RF oscillation in accordance with the frequency modulation information to produce an RF frequency modulated signal; and a power amplifier module coupled to amplify the RF oscillation in accordance with the RFID amplitude modulation information to produce the outbound RF RFID signal when the IC is in the RFID mode, to amplify the phase modulated RF signal in accordance with the amplitude modulation information to produce the outbound RF data signal when the IC is in the first mode of the cellular data mode, and to amplify the RF frequency modulated signal in accordance with a cellular data gain setting to produce the outbound RF data signal when the IC is in the second mode of the cellular data mode. 23. The IC of claim 19 further comprises: an on-chip digital-to-RF interface coupling the baseband processing module to the RF section.
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