RF transceiver with a plurality of programmable antennas and methods for use therewith
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation, a California Corporation
InventorAhmadreza(Reza) Rofougaran
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Abstract
An RF transmission system includes a plurality of RF transmitters that generate a plurality of RF signals at a selected carrier frequency in response to a frequency selection signal. A plurality of programmable antennas are each tuned to the selected carrier frequency, in response to the frequency selection signal, to transmit a corresponding one of the plurality of RF signals.
Claims27
A (radio frequency) RF transmission system comprising:
- an plurality of RF transmitter front-ends that generate a plurality of RF signals at a selected carrier frequency in response to a frequency selection signal;
- a plurality of programmable antennas, each coupled to one of the plurality of RF transmitter front-ends, and each tuned to the selected carrier frequency, in response to the frequency selection signal, to transmit a corresponding one of the plurality of RF signals.
A (radio frequency) RF reception system comprising:
- a plurality of programmable antennas, each tuned to a selected carrier frequency in response to a frequency selection signal, that receives an RF signal having the selected carrier frequency via an antenna current;
- a plurality of RF receivers, coupled to the plurality of programmable antennas, that each demodulates the RF signal into a demodulated signal;
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- a recombination module for producing a recombined data signal from the demodulated signal from each of the plurality of RF receivers.
A phased array antenna system comprising:
- a plurality of programmable antennas, each of the plurality of programmable antenna tuned to a selected carrier frequency in response to a frequency selection signal, and each of the plurality of programmable antennas having an antenna current that is adjusted in response to a magnitude adjust signal and a phase adjust signal.
The phased array antenna system of claim 22 wherein the plurality of programmable antennas combine to produce a controlled beam shape.
A method comprising:
- generating a frequency selection signal;
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- generating a plurality of antenna control signals to tune a plurality of programmable antenna elements to a selected carrier frequency in response to the frequency selection signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.