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Millimeter-wave wireless interconnection of electronic components

US5754948A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 1995
Grant dateMay 19, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/00
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A millimeter-wave wireless data transmission link is utilized to interconnect multiple electronic components within an enclosed electronic system. More specifically, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a plurality of separated electronic components located within the housing, and a plurality of millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit devices, each coupled to a corresponding one of the separated electronic components. Data is transmitted between the plurality of separated electronic components via the millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit components, each of which includes one or more transmit/receive circuits preferably operating at frequencies above 35 GHz. The transmit and receiving frequencies of the transmit/receive integrated circuit devices can be dynamically set in memory to enable transmission links to be easily reconfigured.

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