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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2000
Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Maryam Rofougaran, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Meng-an Pan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Hung-ming Chien, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Shahla Khorram, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William T. Colleran, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Jacob Rael, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Masood Syed, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Brima Ibrahim, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stephen Wu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Shervin Moloudi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Maryam Rofougaran, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Meng-An Pan, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Hung-Ming Chien, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Shahla Khorram, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William T. Colleran, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Jacob Rael, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Masood Syed, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Brima Ibrahim, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stephen Wu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Shervin Moloudi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such as filters and inductors. The controller for adaptive programming and calibration of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. The self-testing unit generates is used to determine the gain, frequency characteristics, selectivity, noise floor, and distortion behavior of the receiver, transmitter and LO generator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.