Tightly-coupled near-field communication-link connector-replacement chips
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a backplane;
an electronic device aligned to the backplane;
a first chip of the backplane, the chip comprising a transmitter coupled to a first antenna;
a second chip of the electronic device, the second chip comprising a receiver coupled to a second antenna, the first antenna near field coupling with the second antenna at an EHF frequency, such that the transmitter of the first chip communicates with the receiver of the second chip at the EHF frequency; and
a third chip of the backplane near field coupled to a fourth chip of the electronic device, such that the third chip communicates with the fourth chip at the EHF frequency.
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Abstract
Tightly-coupled near-field transmitter/receiver pairs are deployed such that the transmitter is disposed at a terminal portion of a first conduction path, the receiver is disposed at a terminal portion of a second conduction path, the transmitter and receiver are disposed in close proximity to each other, and the first conduction path and the second conduction path are discontiguous with respect to each other. In some embodiments of the present invention, close proximity refers to the transmitter antenna and the receiver antenna being spaced apart by a distance such that, at wavelengths of the transmitter carrier frequency, near-field coupling is obtained. In some embodiments, the transmitter and receiver are disposed on separate substrates that are moveable relative to each other. In alternative embodiments, the transmitter and receiver are disposed on the same substrate.
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14 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a backplane; an electronic device aligned to the backplane; a first chip of the backplane, the chip comprising a transmitter coupled to a first antenna; a second chip of the electronic device, the second chip comprising a receiver coupled to a second antenna, the first antenna near field coupling with the second antenna at an EHF frequency, such that the transmitter of the first chip communicates with the receiver of the second chip at the EHF frequency; and a third chip of the backplane near field coupled to a fourth chip of the electronic device, such that the third chip communicates with the fourth chip at the EHF frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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