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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003

Filed:

Sep. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jay Bao, Bridgewater, NJ (US);

Tommy C. Poon, Murray Hill, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 2/540 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 2/540 ;
Abstract

An apparatus receives and demodulates digital signals encoded in multiple formats. The apparatus includes multiple processor units and a memory embedded with the processor units, and a cache connected to each of the processor units. The cache for communicating between the plurality of processors. The embedded memory can include data and instruction memory. The processor units and memory are configured as a multi-mode receiver demodulator front-end capable of receiving digitally modulated signals in multiple formats, and demodulating the signals in real-time in response any one of the multiple formats.


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