US 2010/0144285 A1Published application

Extended antenna module and applications thereof

AssigneeBroadcom Corporation

InventorsARYA REZA BEHZAD, BRIMA B. IBRAHIM, JOHN WALLEY, VINKO ERCEG, JEYHAN KARAOGUZ, DAVID ROSMANN

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Abstract

An extended antenna module includes an antenna section and an extended wireless interface. The antenna section is operable to receive an inbound radio frequency (RF) signal when an antenna select signal is in a first state and/or transmit an outbound RF signal when the antenna select signal is in the first state. The extended wireless interface is operable to wirelessly receive the outbound RF signal from a unit wireless interface when the antenna select signal is in the first state and wirelessly transmit the inbound RF signal to the unit wireless interface when the antenna select signal is in the first state.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A device comprises:

an extended antenna module that includes:
an antenna section operable for at least one of:
receiving an inbound radio frequency (RF) signal when an antenna select signal is in a first state;
and
transmitting an outbound RF signal when the antenna select signal is in the first state;
an extended wireless interface operable for at least one of:
wirelessly receiving the outbound RF signal from a unit wireless interface when the antenna select signal is in the first state;
and
wirelessly transmitting the inbound RF signal to the unit wireless interface when the antenna select signal is in the first state;
and
a wireless communication unit that includes:
the unit wireless interface operable for at least one of:
wirelessly transmitting the outbound RF signal to the extended wireless interface when the antenna select signal is in a first state;
and
wirelessly receiving the inbound RF signal from the extended wireless interface when the antenna select signal is in the first state;
a unit antenna section operable for at least one of:
transmitting the outbound RF signal when the antenna select signal is in a second state;
and
receiving the inbound RF signal when the antenna select signal is in the second state;
a radio frequency transceiver operable for at least one of:
converting the inbound RF signal into the inbound symbol stream;
and
converting an outbound symbol stream into the outbound RF signal;
and
a baseband processing module operable for:
generating the antenna selection signal and for at least one of:
converting outbound data into the outbound symbol stream;
and
converting the inbound symbol stream into inbound data.

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A wireless communication unit comprises:

a unit wireless interface operable for at least one of:
wirelessly transmitting an outbound radio frequency (RF) signal to an extended wireless interface when an antenna select signal is in a first state;
and
wirelessly receiving an inbound RF signal from the extended wireless interface when the antenna select signal is in the first state;
a unit antenna section operable for at least one of:
transmitting the outbound RF signal when the antenna select signal is in a second state;
and
receiving the inbound RF signal when the antenna select signal is in the second state;
a radio frequency transceiver operable for at least one of:
converting the inbound RF signal into the inbound symbol stream;
and
converting an outbound symbol stream into the outbound RF signal;
and
a baseband processing module operable for at least two of:
converting outbound data into the outbound symbol stream;
converting the inbound symbol stream into inbound data;
and
generating the antenna selection signal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.