Control architectures for RF transceivers

US9325352B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Siegfried Brandstaetter · Linz, AT
• Burkhard Neurauter · Linz, AT
• Mario Huemer · Eferding, AT
• Werner Hein · Munich, DE
• Wandad Sadat-Guscheh · Linz, AT
• Manuel Jung · Traun, AT
• Gunther Kraut · Egmating, DE
• Thomas Puehringer · Eisenlohrsweg, AT
• Friedrich Seebacher · Linz, AT
• Andreas Voggeneder · Aiser, AT
• Michael Wekerle · St. Martin, AT
• Dietmar Wenzel · Höchst im Odenwald, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 26, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B1/38
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Described herein are devices and methods for implementing a transceiver with independently controlled components. The components may include a programmable digital portion, a dedicated digital portion, and an analog portion. Each independently controlled component includes a programmable controller that resides in the programmable digital portion of the component that controls components in the dedicated digital or analog portions using state transition information. The programmable controller is configured to accommodate a broad spectrum of state transition information and is capable of emulating a plurality of hardwired finite state machines