Integrated multiplexed RF-to-optical interconnect for portable electronic devices
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsLiam Prendergast, Gerald R. Pelissier, Liam B. Quinn
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Abstract
An information handling system, a display panel, and a method for providing optical communication of signals within a display panel is provided. The information handling system comprises a radio frequency (RF) transceiver subsystem, an antenna subsystem, and a display panel, the display panel for displaying graphic images, the display panel comprising an optical communication channel coupled to the RF transceiver subsystem and the antenna subsystem, the optical communication channel for communicating transmit signals from the RF transceiver subsystem to the antenna subsystem and for communicating receive signals from the antenna subsystem to the RF transceiver subsystem.
Claims20
An information handling system comprising:
- a radio frequency (RF) transceiver subsystem;
- an antenna subsystem;
- and
- a display panel for displaying graphic images, the display panel including an optical communication channel coupled to the RF transceiver subsystem and the antenna subsystem, the optical communication channel for communicating transmit signals from the RF transceiver subsystem to the antenna subsystem and for communicating receive signals from the antenna subsystem to the RF transceiver subsystem.
A display panel comprising:
- an array of image display elements for displaying graphic images;
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- an optical communication channel providing a radio frequency (RF) transceiver subsystem interface for coupling the optical communication channel to an RF transceiver subsystem and an antenna subsystem interface for coupling the optical communication channel to an antenna subsystem, the optical communication channel for communicating transmit signals from the RF transceiver subsystem interface to the antenna subsystem interface and for communicating receive signals from the antenna subsystem interface to the RF transceiver subsystem interface.
A method comprising:
- receiving a transmit electrical signal at a radio frequency (RF) transceiver subsystem, the RF transceiver optically coupled to an edge of an optical path through a display panel layer;
- providing at the RF transceiver subsystem a transmit optical signal modulated according to the transmit electrical signal for communication via the optical path through the display panel layer;
- receiving at an antenna subsystem the transmit optical signal communicated via the transmit optical path through the display panel layer;
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- providing at the antenna subsystem, a transmit RF electrical signal to an antenna for wireless transmission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.