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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Arya Reza Behzad, Poway, CA (US);
Michael Boers, Irvine, CA (US);
Jesus Alfonso Castaneda, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ahmadreza Reza Rofougaran, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Sam Zhao, Irvine, CA (US);
Arya Reza Behzad, Poway, CA (US);
Michael Boers, Irvine, CA (US);
Jesus Alfonso Castaneda, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ahmadreza Reza Rofougaran, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Sam Zhao, Irvine, CA (US);
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for locating wireless-enabled components, and applications thereof. Such an apparatus includes a wireless-enabled component (WEC), which may be a functional block of an integrated circuit (IC), an IC, or a device that includes an IC. The WEC includes a functional module (e.g., a processing resource or a memory resource) and an antenna element coupled to the functional module. The antenna element is configured to (i) transmit a search signal to locate a proximally situated WEC and (ii) transmit a communication signal to communicate with the proximally situated WEC. The antenna element may be a phased array, an electrically steered phased array, a mechanically steered phased array, a directional antenna, a mechanically steered directional antenna, an RF antenna, an optical antenna, and/or any combination thereof.