Method and device for data processing in a wireless mobile terminal

• US 20080025434A1
• Filed: 01/16/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Sung-Chul
• Granted Patent: US 7,742,540 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/296
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5416 by adding signals to the wave form of the power source
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5441 Wireless systems or telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/542 the information being in digital form

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for processing data by coupling data with a power line, in which the data was processed through a plurality of lines in a wireless mobile terminal. The data processing device includes a data transmitter for converting parallel data into serial data, RF modulating the serial data, and coupling the RF modulated serial data with an electrical power line to which electricity is applied; a data output unit for separating the electricity and the RF modulated serial data, RF demodulating the separated RF modulated serial data, converting the RF demodulated data into converted parallel data, and outputting the converted parallel data; and a controller for controlling the data transmitter and the data output unit, and for controlling the data transmission between the data transmitter and the data output unit.

Claims

1. A device for processing data in a wireless mobile terminal, the device comprising:

a data transmitter for converting parallel data into serial data, RF modulating the serial data, and coupling the RF modulated serial data with an electrical power line to which electricity is applied;

a data output unit for separating the electricity and the RF modulated serial data, RF demodulating the separated RF modulated serial data, converting the RF demodulated data into converted parallel data, and outputting the converted parallel data; and

a controller for controlling the data transmitter and the data output unit, and for controlling the data transmission between the data transmitter and the data output unit.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data transmitter comprises:

a parallel-serial converter for converting the parallel data into the serial data;

a RF modulator for RF modulating the serial data; and

a coupler for up-converting and amplifying the RF modulated serial data, and coupling the up-converted and amplified serial data with the electrical power line to which electricity is applied.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data output unit comprises:

a separator for separating the electricity and RF modulated serial data, and performing low-noise-amplification and down-conversion for the separated RF modulated serial data;

an RF demodulator for performing RF demodulation of the low-noise amplified and frequency-down separated RF modulated serial data;

a serial-parallel converter for converting the separated RF demodulated serial data into the converted parallel data; and

an output unit for outputting the converted parallel data from the serial-parallel converter.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the separator comprises a low pass filter (LPF) by which the electricity is separated and a high pass filter (HPF) by which the RF modulated serial data is separated.

5. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the output unit is a display unit of a wireless mobile terminal.

6. A method for processing data in a wireless mobile terminal, the method comprising:

converting parallel data into serial data, RF modulating the serial data, and coupling the RF modulated serial data with an electrical power line to which electricity is applied, by a data transmitter;

transmitting the RF modulated serial data coupled with the electrical power line to a data output unit; and

separating the electricity and the RF modulated serial data from the electrical power line, RF demodulating the separated RF modulated serial data, converting the RF demodulated serial data into converted parallel data, and outputting the converted parallel data, by the data output unit.

7. The method claimed in claim 6, wherein the output unit is a display unit of a wireless mobile terminal.

8. The method claimed in claim 6, wherein the electricity and the RF modulated serial data are separated from the electrical power line by a separator.

9. The method claimed in claim 8, wherein the separator comprises low pass filter (LPF) by which the electricity is separated and a high pass filter (HPF) by which the RF modulated serial data is separated.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprises:

outputting the converted parallel data which was converted from the RF demodulated serial data.