Core wireless engine
AssigneeSierra Wireless, Inc.
InventorRonald John Vanderhelm
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Abstract
A core wireless engine design includes the standardized CWE interface. The core wireless engine includes a transceiver, microprocessor and a standardized interface arrangement. The standardized interface arrangement is adapted to be connected to a variety of different host interfaces. This arrangement allows core wireless engines to be used with a variety of different host interfaces and form factors. In a preferred embodiment, the core wireless engine design is sized so that it can fit into a variety of form factor units.
Claims26
A core wireless engine design comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a microprocessor;
- a standardized interface arrangement adapted to be interconnected to a variety of types of host interfaces implementing a plurality of bus standards;
- and
- a host interface positioned within a field programmable gate array, wherein the host interface configured to interface with the standardized interface arrangement;
- wherein the core wireless engine design is adapted to mount on a printed circuit board that is offset from a centerline that defines the thickness of a form factor unit in which the core wireless engine design is housed.
A core wireless engine design comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a microprocessor;
- a standardized interface arrangement adapted to be interconnected to a variety of types of host interfaces implementing a plurality of bus standards;
- a host interface positioned within a field programmable gate array, wherein the host interface configured to interface with the standardized interface arrangement;
- wherein the core wireless design is adapted to fit into a variety of form factor units;
- and
- wherein the core wireless engine design is adapted to mount on a printed circuit board that is offset from a centerline that defines the thickness of a form factor unit in which the core wireless engine design is housed.
A core wireless engine design comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a microprocessor;
- and
- a standardized interface arrangement adapted to be interconnected to a variety of types of host interfaces implementing a plurality of bus standards, each host interface designed to interface with the standardized interface arrangement,
- wherein the core wireless engine design is adapted to fit into a variety of form factor units including PCMCIA and Compact Flash cards, and
- wherein the core wireless engine is further adapted to fit within a Handspring Visor Springboard card.
A method of producing a wireless modem unit, comprising:
- selecting a core wireless design from a number of core wireless engine designs, each core wireless engine design having a standardized interface arrangement adapted to be interconnected to a variety of types of host interfaces implementing a plurality of bus standards, each host interface designed to interface with the standardized interface arrangement, the core wireless design adapted to fit into a variety of form factor units and wherein the core wireless engine is adapted to mount on a printed circuit board that is offset from a centerline that defines the thickness of a form factor unit in which the core wireless engine design is housed;
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- selecting a host interface and form factor unit from the variety of host interfaces and variety of form factor units and combining the selected core wireless design and selected hot interface and form factor unit to produce a wireless modem unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.