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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2011
Applicant:
Craig Fukuo Ochikubo, Venice, CA (US);
Inventor:
Craig Fukuo Ochikubo, Venice, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1605 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include electronic communications devices having a memory in near field communication device, a memory arbitrator and a host processor. The near field communication (NFC) devices are configured to receive data and drive power from the communication signal. The memory arbitrator is connected to the NFC device and the memory. The memory arbitrator is also configured to access the memory in response to an access request from the NFC device. Additionally, the memory is configurable to be accessed by both the host processor and the NFC device according to embodiments of the present invention.