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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2009
George Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Gladys Yuen Yan Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Timothy LI, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
George Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Gladys Yuen Yan Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Timothy Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Bluetooth and wireless LAN arbitration is described. In embodiments, a communication device includes a Bluetooth device for Bluetooth communication according to Bluetooth protocol, and includes a wireless LAN device for network communication according to wireless network protocol. An antenna switching circuit connects the Bluetooth device to an antenna for the Bluetooth communication, and connects the wireless LAN device to the antenna for the network communication. An arbitration control system arbitrates when the Bluetooth device is connected to the antenna via the antenna switching circuit and when the wireless LAN device is connected to the antenna via the antenna switching circuit.