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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2010
Sundar G. Sankaran, Campbell, CA (US);
Tevfik Yucek, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul Petrus, San Jose, CA (US);
Sundar G. Sankaran, Campbell, CA (US);
Tevfik Yucek, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul Petrus, San Jose, CA (US);
Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication device supporting multiple wireless protocols may share a common gain element in a coordinated manner. A first wireless protocol circuitry of the communication device may enter an active state, and in response to entering the active state, may determine whether a second wireless protocol circuitry of the communication device is active and whether the common gain element is currently shared. The gain element may be adjustable to amplify signals by an adjustable amount. The first wireless protocol circuitry may take control of the gain element from the second wireless protocol circuitry in response to determining that the second wireless protocol circuitry is active and the gain element is currently shared.