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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2005
Russell J. Cyr, Pepperell, MA (US);
Geoffrey C. Dawe, Newburyport, MA (US);
Jose L. Bohorquez, Cambridge, MA (US);
Russell J. Cyr, Pepperell, MA (US);
Geoffrey C. Dawe, Newburyport, MA (US);
Jose L. Bohorquez, Cambridge, MA (US);
BitWave Semiconductor, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Abstract
A fully integrated, programmable mixed-signal transceiver comprising a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) which is frequency and protocol agnostic with digital inputs and outputs, the transceiver being programmable and configurable for multiple radio frequency bands and standards and being capable of connecting to many networks and service providers. The RFIC does not use spiral inductors and instead includes transmission line inductors allowing for improved scalability. Components of the transceiver are programmable to allow the transceiver to switch between different frequency bands of operating. Frequency switching can be accomplished though the content of digital registers coupled to the components.