Physical layer adapted for EHF contactless communication
First Claim
1. A first electronic device, comprising:
- an EHF contactless EHF IC comprising at least one transceiver (EHF-XCVR) and capable of communicating over a contactless link with a second electronic device;
a plurality of Link Layers (LINK);
a plurality of contactless Physical Layers (cPHY) coupled to the EHF IC, wherein each one of the plurality of Physical Layers (cPHY) is coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of Link Layers (LINK), and wherein the plurality of Link Layers (LINK) and Physical Layers (cPHY) enable the first electronic device to send and receive data over the contactless link, wherein the contactless link comprises a plurality of channels, and wherein the data sent and received exist in multiple data streams that are communicated over the contactless link using one or more or all of the plurality of channels.
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Abstract
A Physical Layer (PHY) of a host system of an electronic device may be implemented as a contactless PHY (Host-cPHY) for extremely high frequency (EHF) contactless communication and the operation of EHF transmitters (TX), receivers (RX) and transceivers (EHF-XCVR) in an extremely high frequency integrated circuit (EHF IC) of the electronic device. The Host-cPHY translates logical communications requests from the Link Layer (LINK) into hardware-specific operations to affect transmission or reception of signals over an EHF contactless link). The Link Layer (LINK) may also be optimized as a contactless Link Layer (cLINK) for EHF contactless communication. Multiple data streams may be transported over the EHF contactless link over a range of frequencies.
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10 Claims
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1. A first electronic device, comprising:
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an EHF contactless EHF IC comprising at least one transceiver (EHF-XCVR) and capable of communicating over a contactless link with a second electronic device; a plurality of Link Layers (LINK); a plurality of contactless Physical Layers (cPHY) coupled to the EHF IC, wherein each one of the plurality of Physical Layers (cPHY) is coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of Link Layers (LINK), and wherein the plurality of Link Layers (LINK) and Physical Layers (cPHY) enable the first electronic device to send and receive data over the contactless link, wherein the contactless link comprises a plurality of channels, and wherein the data sent and received exist in multiple data streams that are communicated over the contactless link using one or more or all of the plurality of channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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