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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2014
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A communication apparatus comprising a plurality of signal processing units configured to perform a set of pre-determined signal processing functions according to a set of parameters, a plurality of programmable crossbars coupled to the plurality of signal processing units, and a plurality of control processors coupled to the plurality of programmable crossbars and configured to adjust the plurality of programmable crossbars to interconnect the signal processing units to implement a selected communication protocol, wherein at least one of the programmable crossbars routes data from a first of the plurality of signal processing units to a second of the plurality of signal processing units forming a data path without interception from the plurality of control processors.