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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:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Hung-ming Chien, Irvine, CA (US);
Keith A. Carter, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hung-Ming Chien, Irvine, CA (US);
Keith A. Carter, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H04B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method to use a single voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) to generate frequencies to cover multiple frequency bands. The single VCO generates local oscillator signals for more than one frequency band of a communication standard or protocol, such as the IEEE 802.11 standard.