Wireless communication apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeMStar Semiconductor, Inc.
InventorsWei Chang, Chien-Sheng Chen, Chih-Yuan Hsieh
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Abstract
A wireless communication method utilizing a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The method includes: providing an antenna unit being used by both a first wireless communication circuit and a second wireless communication circuit, using the first wireless communication circuit for RFID communication via the antenna unit in a first mode, and utilizing the second wireless communication circuit for RFID communication via the antenna unit in a second mode.
Claims18
A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
- an antenna unit;
- a switch module, coupled to the antenna unit;
- a first wireless communication circuit, coupled to the antenna unit, for performing radio-frequency identification (RFID) communication via the antenna unit;
- and
- a second wireless communication circuit, coupled to the switch module, for controlling a state of the switch module to perform RFID communication via the antenna unit;
- wherein both the first and second wireless communication circuits use the antenna unit.
A wireless communication method, comprising:
- providing an antenna unit used by both a first wireless communication circuit and a second wireless communication circuit;
- under a first mode, utilizing the first wireless communication circuit to perform RFID communication via the antenna unit;
- and
- under a second mode, utilizing the second wireless communication circuit to perform RFID communication via the antenna unit.
A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
- an antenna unit;
- a first wireless communication circuit, coupled to the antenna unit, for performing RFID communication via the antenna unit;
- and
- a second wireless communication circuit, coupled to the antenna unit, for performing RFID communication via the antenna unit,
- wherein both the first and second wireless communication circuits use the antenna unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.