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Integrated circuit radio devices

US9985897B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Nordic Semiconductor ASA · NO

Inventors

Joel David Stapleton · Trondheim, NO
Øyvind Hovdsveen · Trondheim, NO
Hans Elfberg · Trondheim, NO

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 2014
Grant date	May 29, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 13, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/06
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a semiconductor device 2 comprising a radio transmitter hardware section 10 and a processor 4, the device 2 being arranged to transmit information via said transmitter hardware section 10 from a first application running on the processor 4 in accordance with a first communication protocol or from a second application running on the processor 4 or a further processor using a second communication protocol, wherein the first application is configured to generate a first transmit request 24 when it requires to send a data packet and wherein the second application is configured to generate a second transmit request 34 when the second application requires to send a data packet, the device further comprising control logic 22 for allocating a transmission timeslot for said transmitter section 10 to said first or second application upon receipt of said first 24 or second 34 transmit requests respectively.

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