Modular Electronics
AssigneeKeyssa, Inc.
InventorsGary D. McCormack, Roger Isaac, Ian A. Kyles
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Abstract
A computing device includes an integrated unit having a plurality of functional components, and an extremely high frequency (EHF) communication unit operatively coupled to the integrated unit. The EHF communication unit includes a transducer configured to transmit and receive EHF electromagnetic signals, and convert between electrical signals and electromagnetic signals. The computing device includes a transceiver operatively coupled to the transducer. The EHF communication unit may enable at least one of the functional components of the computing device to be supplemented by a functional component of an external computing device.
Claims1
A computing device, comprising:
- an integrated unit comprising one or more functional components;
- and
- an extremely high frequency (EHF) communication unit operatively coupled to the integrated unit, the EHF communication unit including:
- a transducer configured to transmit, receive, or both transmit and receive an EHF electromagnetic signal, and convert between an electrical signal and the EHF electromagnetic signal;
- a transmitter, receiver, or transceiver operatively coupled to the transducer, wherein the EHF communication unit enables at least one of the functional components of the integrated unit of the computing device to be supplemented by a functional component of an external computing device;
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- a functionality expansion unit configured to identify and select the functional component of the external computing device by transmitting, receiving, or both transmitting and receiving the EHF electromagnetic signal through a coupling surface of the computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.