×

Collision avoidance for communications within a device

  • US 7,995,604 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2006
  • Issued: 08/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a first supporting board for supporting circuitry including transceiver circuitry;

    first and second radio transceiver integrated circuit die supported by the first supporting board;

    at least one intra-device local transceiver formed upon each of the first and second radio transceiver integrated circuit die, the at least one intra-device local transceiver supporting wireless communications with at least one other of the intra-device local transceivers formed upon the first and second radio transceiver integrated circuit die;

    wherein the first radio transceiver integrated circuit die includes;

    a wave guide formed within a dielectric substrate of the first radio transceiver integrated circuit die operable to guide very high radio frequency signals within the defined volume;

    a first substrate local transceiver operable to transmit the very high radio frequency (RF) signals through the wave guide;

    a second substrate local transceiver operable to receive the very high radio frequency signals from the wave guide; and

    wherein a first intra-device local transceiver is communicatively coupled to the first substrate local transceiver and is operable to wirelessly transmit low power RF signals to a second intra-device transceiver; and

    wherein each of the intra-device local transceivers is operable to communicate utilizing a carrier sense multiple access scheme wherein each of the intra-device local transceivers is operable to transmit a request-to-send signal to a receiver to which a communication is to be sent only when the communication exceeds a specified packet size.

View all claims
  • 7 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×