Configurable rf sections for receiver and transmitter and methods for use therewith
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorAhmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran
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Abstract
A transceiver includes an RF receiver section having a plurality of RF receiver stages configured in parallel, and a configurable RF transmitter section. The plurality of RF receiver stages are selectively enabled in response to a control signal. The configurable RF transmitter section is configured to operate in one of: a mixed signal mode of operation and a phase modulation mode of operation, in response to the control signal.
Claims20
A configurable receiver comprising:
- an RF receiver section that generates at least one downconverted signal from at least one received RF signal, wherein the RF receiver section includes a plurality of RF receiver stages configured in parallel, and wherein each of the plurality of RF receiver stages is can be selectively enabled in response to a control signal;
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- a receiver processing module, coupled to the RF receiver section, that processes at least one downconverted signal to produce a stream of inbound data.
A configurable transmitter comprising:
- a transmitter processing module that processes outbound data to produce at least one baseband signal;
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- an RF transmitter section, coupled to the transmitter processing module, that generates at least one RF signal from the at least one baseband signal, wherein the RF transmitter section is configurable to operate in a mixed signal mode of operation and a phase modulation mode of operation, in response to a control signal.
A method for use in a transceiver that includes an RF receiver section having a plurality of RF receiver stages configured in parallel, and a configurable RF transmitter section, the method comprising
- selectively enabling the plurality of RF receiver stages, in response to a control signal;
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- configuring the configurable RF transmitter section to operate in one of:
- a mixed signal mode of operation and a phase modulation mode of operation, in response to the control signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.