Programmable phase mapping and phase rotation modulator and method

A wireless device comprising:

• a baseband signal processor operative to produce symbol data;
• a modulator operative to produce rotated in-phase data and rotated quadrature data in response to receiving symbol data, the modulator comprising:
• a programmable symbol counter operatively responsive to the received symbol data to produce symbol count data based on at least programmable symbol counter size data;
• symbol phase rotation logic operative to produce the rotated in-phase data and the rotated quadrature data in response to receiving:
• the received symbol data, the symbol count data based on at least the programmable symbol counter size data, and programmable phase rotation size data;
• a transmitter operative produce a transmit signal in response to the rotated in-phase data and the rotated quadrature data;
• and
• an antenna operative to receive the transmit signal.

A method for producing rotated in-phase data and rotated quadrature data comprising:

• receiving symbol data including a plurality of symbols;
• producing symbol count data based at least on programmable symbol counter size data in response to receiving each of the plurality of symbols;
• and
• producing the rotated in-phase data and the rotated quadrature data for each of the received plurality of symbols in response to receiving at least the symbol count data based at least on the programmable symbol counter size data, and programmable phase rotation size data.