Power management unit for configurable receiver and transmitter and methods for use therewith
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorAhmadreza Rofougaran
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Abstract
A configurable transceiver includes an RF receiver that generates a stream of inbound data from at least one received RF signal, wherein the RF receiver is configurable in response to a control signal. An RF transmitter generates at least one RF signal from a stream of outbound data, wherein the RF transmitter section is configurable in response to the control signal. A configuration controller generates the control signal based on channel data. A power management unit generates at least one receiver supply signal and at least on transmitter supply signal in accordance with a plurality of power consumption parameters, and wherein the power management unit adjusts at least one of the plurality of power consumption parameters based on the control signal.
Claims20
A configurable transceiver for use in a mobile communication device that communicates voice and data, the configurable transceiver comprising:
- an RF receiver that generates a stream of inbound data from at least one received RF signal, wherein the RF receiver is configurable in response to a control signal;
- an RF transmitter that generates at least one RF signal from a stream of outbound data, wherein the RF transmitter section is configurable in response to the control signal;
- a configuration controller, coupled to the RF receiver and the RF transmitter that generates the control signal to configure the RF receiver and the RF transmitter to a selected one of a plurality of modulation modes, based on the inbound data;
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- a power management unit, coupled to the RF receiver, the RF transmitter and the configuration controller, that generates at least one of:
- a receiver supply signal and a transmitter supply signal in accordance with a plurality of power consumption parameters, wherein the power management unit adjusts at least one of the plurality of power consumption parameters based on the control signal in response to the selected one of the plurality of modulation modes.
A method for use in a configurable transceiver for use in a mobile communication device that communicates voice and data, the method comprising:
- generating a stream of inbound data from at least one received RF signal via an RF receiver that is configurable in response to a control signal;
- generating at least one RF signal from a stream of outbound data via an RF transmitter section that is configurable in response to the control signal;
- generating at least one receiver supply signal and at least on transmitter supply signal in accordance with a plurality of power consumption parameters;
- generating the control signal to do adapt to a selected one of a plurality of modulation modes, based on the inbound data;
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- adjusting at least one of the plurality of power consumption parameters based on the control signal.
A configurable transceiver for use in a mobile communication device that communicates voice and data, the configurable transceiver comprising:
- an RF receiver that generates a stream of inbound data from at least one received RF signal, wherein the RF receiver is configurable in response to a control signal;
- an RF transmitter that generates at least one RF signal from a stream of outbound data, wherein the RF transmitter section is configurable in response to the control signal;
- a configuration controller, coupled to the RF receiver and the RF transmitter that generates the control signal to configure the RF receiver and the RF transmitter to a selected one of a plurality of modulation modes, based on the inbound data;
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- a power management unit, coupled to the RF receiver, the RF transmitter and the configuration controller, that generates a transmitter supply signal in accordance with a power consumption parameter, wherein the power management unit adjusts the power consumption parameter based on the control signal in response to the selected one of the plurality of modulation modes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.