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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2011
Partha Sarathy Murali, San Jose, CA (US);
Logeshwaran Vijayan, Channai, IN;
Partha Sarathy Murali, San Jose, CA (US);
Logeshwaran Vijayan, Channai, IN;
Redpine Signals, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A configurable network adapter has N analog front ends, each generating a receiver output and a transmitter input. In a first mode of operation, the analog front end receiver outputs are coupled to a MIMO equalizer, which is coupled to an outer receiver and to a first MAC input, with the first MAC having an output coupled to an outer transmitter, a MIMO modulator, and to the analog front end transmitter inputs. In a second mode of operation, one or more of the analog front ends is directed to a SISO modulator fed by a second outer transmitter coupled to a second MAC transmitter output. An associated one or more of the analog front end receivers is coupled to a SISO equalizer, and thereafter to an outer receiver and to the second lower MAC, thereby providing a first mode for a single MIMO adapter and a second mode for a MIMO plus independent PAN interface.