Millimeter-wave wireless interconnection of electronic components
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
a plurality of separated electronic components located within the housing; and
a plurality of millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit devices having transmission frequencies of at least 35 GHz;
wherein each of the millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit devices is coupled to receive data from a corresponding one of the separated electronic components; and
wherein data from at least one of the plurality of separated electronic components is transmitted to at least one other of the plurality of separated electronic components via the millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit devices.
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Abstract
A millimeter-wave wireless data transmission link is utilized to interconnect multiple electronic components within an enclosed electronic system. More specifically, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a plurality of separated electronic components located within the housing, and a plurality of millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit devices, each coupled to a corresponding one of the separated electronic components. Data is transmitted between the plurality of separated electronic components via the millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit components, each of which includes one or more transmit/receive circuits preferably operating at frequencies above 35 GHz. The transmit and receiving frequencies of the transmit/receive integrated circuit devices can be dynamically set in memory to enable transmission links to be easily reconfigured.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of separated electronic components located within the housing; and a plurality of millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit devices having transmission frequencies of at least 35 GHz; wherein each of the millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit devices is coupled to receive data from a corresponding one of the separated electronic components; and wherein data from at least one of the plurality of separated electronic components is transmitted to at least one other of the plurality of separated electronic components via the millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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12. An apparatus comprising
a housing; -
a plurality of separated electronic components located within the housing; and a plurality of millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit devices, each coupled to received a data word comprising a plurality of data bits from a corresponding one of the separated electronic components and to transmit the data word to at least one other of the separated electronic components; and wherein at least one of said plurality of millimeter-wave transmit/receive integrated circuit devices transmits different bits of a common data word at different transmission frequencies.
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