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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
I-Hsiang Lin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zhijie Xiong, San Jose, CA (US);
Seshagiri Krishnamoorthy, San Diego, CA (US);
Jin-Su Ko, San Jose, CA (US);
Prashanth Akula, San Diego, CA (US);
Liang Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kevin Hsi Huai Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Desong Zhao, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An RFIC configuration for reduced antenna trace loss is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a primary RFIC and a secondary RFIC that is configured to receive analog signals from at least two antennas. The secondary RFIC is configured to process selected analog signals received from at least one antenna to generate an analog output that is input to the primary RFIC.