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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2008
Gladys Yuen Yan Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
George Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Gladys Yuen Yan Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
George Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Circuits, architectures, systems, methods, algorithms, and software and/or firmware for selecting antenna paths between an antenna and multiple wireless communication protocol components (e.g., components configured to process radio frequency (RF) input and/or RF output signals according to one or more of wireless communication protocols). Exemplary circuits for selecting antenna paths include a plurality of media access grant inputs, a plurality of antenna path selection outputs for enabling one or more of the antenna paths, and a selector circuit configured to produce the antenna path selection outputs based on the media access grant inputs. Embodiments of the present invention advantageously provide for a flexible interface for selecting antenna signal paths between one or more shared antennas and multiple wireless communication protocol components.