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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090264124 | COMPUTING UNIT WITH FEMTOCELL AP FUNCTIONALITY A computing unit includes a processing module, a baseband processing module, and a RF section. In a femtocell AP mode, the processing module performs at least a portion of a MAC function to facilitate signal conversion between radio interface (RI) signals and PHY AP sig... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090264154 | HANDHELD COMPUTING UNIT WITH POWER MANAGEMENT A handheld computing unit includes a plurality of PHY units, a local wireless interface (LWI), and a processing module. When the unit is in a femtocell AP mode, the processing module performs one or more femtocell AP functions to facilitate conversion of a LWI downstrea... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090264125 | HANDHELD COMPUTING UNIT COORDINATION OF FEMTOCELL AP FUNCTIONS A handheld computing unit includes a processing module and a plurality of PHY units. The processing module determines whether a femtocell access point (AP) mode is active. When the femtocell AP mode is active, the processing module determines whether at least one other ... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090237317 | VERY HIGH FREQUENCY DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATE WAVE GUIDE A radio transceiver device includes circuitry for radiating electromagnetic signals at a very high radio frequency both through space, as well as through wave guides that are formed within a substrate material. In one embodiment, the substrate comprises a dielectric sub... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090239483 | APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATION OF WIRELESS RESOURCES An integrated circuit (IC) includes a plurality of circuit modules, a millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver, a controller. The controller is further operably coupled to: obtain potential inter-chip millimeter wave (MMW) communication links within a device; identify at least... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090239480 | APPARATUS FOR WIRELESSLY MANAGING RESOURCES An integrated circuit includes a millimeter wave transceiver and may include memory and processing resources, each with an associated millimeter wave transceiver. Intra-IC millimeter wave communication links, between resources on a given IC, enables IC-level resource sh... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090238251 | APPARATUS FOR MANAGING FREQUENCY USE A device includes a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs). An IC includes a millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver and a controller. The controller is operably coupled to the MMW transceiver and to: identify one or more other devices that have an intra-device MMW communicat... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090225907 | DECODING OF BI-PHASE ENCODED DATA A method for decoding bi-phase encoded data begins by interpreting a first bit boundary of a bit of the bi-phase encoded data to produce a first boundary value. The method continues by interpreting a second bit boundary of the bit of the bi-phase encoded data to produce... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090213242 | IMAGE CAPTURE MODULE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF An image capture module includes a user interface module, an optical system module, and a coupling module. The user interface module is operably coupled to detect a request to capture an image and generate a capture command signal in response to detecting the request. T... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090207025 | TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER FOR COMBINING RFID AMPLITUDE-MODULATED DATA WITH WIRELESS PHASE-MODULATED DATA A transmitter and receiver for combining RFID amplitude-modulated data with wireless phase-modulated data is realized by a processing module coupled to generate outbound non-amplitude modulated symbols from first outbound data, to generate outbound amplitude modulated s... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090209215 | PROBABILITY OPTIMIZED POWER AMPLIFIER MODULE AND TRANSMITTER A power amplifier module includes a first power amplifier, a second power amplifier, and a controlling module. The first power amplifier has an amplification set for optimal efficiency in accordance with most probable transmit power level settings within a transmit powe... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090209288 | HANDHELD COMPUTING UNIT OF A COMPUTING DEVICE WITH AN EXTENDED COMPUTING UNIT A handheld computing unit includes a hardware section and memory. The memory includes an application section and an operating system section. The operating system section includes operational instructions that cause the hardware section to: detect a mode change request ... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090196280 | EXTENSION UNIT AND HANDHELD COMPUTING UNIT An extension unit includes a connection module, a processing module, a video graphics interface module, and a user interface module. The processing module is operable to: detect coupling of the handheld computing unit to the connection module; determine identity of the ... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090198852 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH HANDHELD AND EXTENDED COMPUTING DEVICES A handheld computing unit includes a processing module, memory, a transceiver, a first extended computing unit interface, a second extended computing unit interface, and an interconnection structure operably coupled to the processing module, the memory, the transceiver,... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090198851 | EXTENDED COMPUTING UNIT WITH STAND-ALONE APPLICATION An extended computing unit includes a connection module, memory, and hardware. The memory is operable to store one or more computer-level user applications, one or more exclusive extended computing unit user applications, an exclusive extended computing unit operating s... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090198798 | HANDHELD COMPUTING UNIT BACK-UP SYSTEM A computing device includes a handheld computing unit and an extended computing unit. The extend computing unit stores a digital replica of an operational handheld computing unit. When the handheld computing unit is operably coupled to the extended computing unit and is... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090197644 | NETWORKING OF MULTIPLE MODE HANDHELD COMPUTING UNIT A handheld computing unit includes a MMW transceiver, a hardware section, an operating system section, and an application section. When the handheld computing unit is in a extended mode: the hardware section is operably coupled to a hardware section of an extended compu... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090197643 | HANDHELD COMPUTING UNIT AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF A handheld computing unit includes an RF section, a processing module, memory, and an IO interface. The RF section converts an inbound RF signal into an inbound symbol stream and converts an outbound symbol stream into an outbound RF signal. The processing module conver... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090163156 | DAC BASED SWITCHING POWER AMPLIFIER A power amplifier for use in a transmitter includes a first transistor having an input, a first node and a second node, a second transistor having an input, a first node and a second node and a digital to analog conversion module. The input of the first transistor is co... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090130998 | ARCHITECTURAL TECHNIQUES FOR ENVELOPE AND PHASE SIGNAL ALIGNMENT IN RF POLAR TRANSMITTERS USING POWER AMPLIFIER FEEDBACK In an envelope comparison embodiment, a delay calibrator produces a delay signal based on a comparison of a feedback signal and an envelope component of the transmitted signal. A down-converter produces the feedback signal from an outgoing modulated RF signal based on a... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090111516 | RFID READER INTEGRATED WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE An integrated RFID reader and wireless communication device is realized by a radio frequency (RF) front end operable, in a first mode, to generate a radio frequency identification system (RFID) outbound radio frequency (RF) signal, to receive an RFID inbound RF signal r... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090081965 | CONFIGURABLE ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF A configurable antenna structure includes a plurality of switches, a plurality of antenna components, and a configuration module. The configuration module is operable to configure the plurality of switches and the plurality of antenna components into a first antenna for... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090073054 | PLANER ANTENNA STRUCTURE A planer antenna structure includes a first planer antenna and a second planer antenna. The first planer antenna has a first axial orientation and a conductive antenna pattern on a first surface of a supporting substrate. The second planer antenna has a second axial ori... | 03/19/2009 |
