Module for wireless communication between electric or electronic equipment or systems, method for its control and method for creating generic platforms for user applications in area of wireless communications with those modules

• US 20070188343A1
• Filed: 09/26/2006
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IQRF Tech s.r.o.
• Original Assignee: MICRORISC s.r.o.
• Inventors: Sulc, Vladimir
• Granted Patent: US 8,531,265 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/825.690
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/024 for remote indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0003 Software-defined radio [SDR] systems, i.e. systems wherein components typically implemented in hardware, e.g. filters or modulators/demodulators, are implented using software, e.g. by involving an AD or DA conversion stage such that at least part of the signal processing is performed in the digital domain digital baseband systems H04L25/00; digital modulation/demodulation H04L27/00; CDMA H04B1/707; TDMA H04B7/2643; image transmission H04N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0067 with one or more circuit blocks in common for different bands

Abstract

A module for wireless communication between electric or electronic equipment or systems, in high frequency bands at least in the range of 300 MHz to 2.60 GHz, particularly for home and office automation systems, comprising a block (RF) for wireless communication, connected to an antenna interface (ANT) and a power supply interface (Uin) and also to a control block (RFCON). The module further contains a control unit (MCU) comprising a central processor unit (CPU), a memory (MOS) with the operational system control code to ensure the function of wireless communication and a memory (MAP) for storing or starting up a user-defined applicational control code, where the control unit (MCU) is connected to the control block (RFCON), to the communication interface (COM) of the module and to the power supply interface (Uin).

Claims

1. A module for wireless communication between electric or electronic equipment or systems, in high frequency bands at least in the range of 300 MHz to 2.60 GHz, particularly for home and office automation systems, comprising a block (RF) for wireless communication, connected to an antenna interface (ANT) and a power supply interface (Uin) and also to a control block (RFCON), characterised in that the module further contains a control unit (MCU) comprising a central processor unit (CPU), a memory (MOS) with the operational system control code to ensure the function of wireless communication and a memory (MAP) for storing or starting up a user-defined applicational control code, where the control unit (MCU) is connected to the control block (RFCON), to the communication interface (COM) of the module and to the power supply interface (Uin).

2. A module according to claim 1, characterized in that the memory (MOS) with the operational system control code and the memory (MAP) for storing or starting up a user-defined applicational control code are integrated into the memory block (MEM) of the control unit (MCU).

4. A module according to claim 1, characterized in that the control block (RFCON) is an integral part of the block (RF) for wireless communication.

5. A module according to claim 1, characterized in that the control block (RFCON) is an integral part of the control unit (MCU).

6. A module according to claim 1, characterized in that the control block (RFCON) is connected to the power supply interface (Uin).

7. A module according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes a voltage source, whilst the power supply interface (Uin) is an internal interface between that voltage source and the operating blocks of the module.

8. A module according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes an antenna, wherein the antenna interface (ANT) is an internal interface between the antenna and the operating blocks of the module.

9. A module according to claim 1, characterized in that the control unit (MCU) includes peripheries selected from the group comprising analog/digital or digital/analog converters, peripheries for pulse width modulation, other serial communication interfaces, or separate inputs and outputs for connecting other devices to the module.

10. A method of controlling the module according to claim 1, characterized in that, in the memory (MOS) with operational system control code or in the memory block (MEM), a control code for the module'"'"'s operating modes of transmission and reception, initiated from the applicational control code, is implemented for starting up these modes.

11. A method of controlling the module according to claim 10, characterized in that the operational system control code in the memory (MOS) or memory block (MEM) includes a function for switching the module to the programming mode, with the possibility of changing the existing control code or inserting another control code, and/or a function for inserting or changing the control data.

12. A method of controlling the module according to claim 10, characterized in that the transmission and/or reception parameters of the block (RF) for wireless communication are controlled by the control block (RFCON).

13. A method of creating a generic platform for user applications in the area of wireless communication, with a module according to claim 1, characterized in that a control code for the operational programming mode is added to the module memory (MOS) with operational system control code or memory block (MEM) of the module, the input and output terminals I/O of the control unit (MCU) are operationally dedicated and the addresses and method of selecting the individual services of the operational system are published, whilst for recording an applicational control code in the memory (MAP) for storing or starting up a user-defined applicational control code, the communication interface (COM) of the module is used.

14. A method of adding wireless connectivity between electric and electronic equipment, characterized in that the equipment is furnished with an interface for optional connection of a module according to claim 1.

3. A module for wireless communication in high frequency bands at least in the range of 300 MHz to 2.60 GHz, particularly for home and office automation systems, comprising a block (RF) for wireless communication, connected to an antenna interface (ANT) and a power supply interface (Uin) and also to a control block (RFCON), characterised in that the module further contains a control unit (MCU) comprising a central processor unit (CPU) and a memory block (MEM) with operational system control code to ensure the function of wireless communication and for saving or starting up a user-defined applicational control code, where the control unit (MCU) is connected to the control block (RFCON), to the communication interface (COM) of the module and to the power supply interface (Uin).