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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2008
Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Maryam Rofougaran, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Amin Shameli, Irvine, CA (US);
Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Maryam Rofougaran, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Amin Shameli, Irvine, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A near field communication front-end includes an up conversion module, a plurality of coils, and a down conversion module. The up conversion module is coupled to convert an outbound symbol stream into a plurality of outbound signals based on a frequency-space encoding scheme. The plurality of coils is coupled to electromagnetically transmit the plurality of outbound signals and to electromagnetically receive a plurality of inbound signals in accordance with the frequency-space encoding scheme. The down conversion module is coupled to convert the plurality of inbound signals into an inbound symbol stream in accordance with the frequency-space encoding scheme.