RF bus controller
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1. A radio frequency (RF) bus controller comprises:
- an interface for communicating intra-device RF bus access requests and allocations with a plurality of integrated circuits (IC) of a supporting substrate in a 60 GHz frequency band; and
a processing module coupled to;
receive an access request to an RF bus via the interface from an IC of the plurality of ICs, wherein the RF bus provides communication between the plurality of ICs of the supporting substrate in the 60 GHz frequency band;
determine RF bus resource availability; and
when sufficient RF bus resources are available to fulfill the access request, allocate, via the interface, at least one RF bus resource to the IC in response to the access request.
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Abstract
A radio frequency (RF) bus controller includes an interface and a processing module. The interface is coupled for communicating intra-device RF bus access requests and allocations. The processing module is coupled to receive an access request to an RF bus via the interface; determine RF bus resource availability; and when sufficient RF bus resources are available to fulfill the access request, allocate, via the interface, at least one RF bus resource in response to the access request.
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36 Claims
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1. A radio frequency (RF) bus controller comprises:
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an interface for communicating intra-device RF bus access requests and allocations with a plurality of integrated circuits (IC) of a supporting substrate in a 60 GHz frequency band; and a processing module coupled to; receive an access request to an RF bus via the interface from an IC of the plurality of ICs, wherein the RF bus provides communication between the plurality of ICs of the supporting substrate in the 60 GHz frequency band; determine RF bus resource availability; and when sufficient RF bus resources are available to fulfill the access request, allocate, via the interface, at least one RF bus resource to the IC in response to the access request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 35)
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13. A radio frequency (RF) bus controller comprises:
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an interface for communicating intra-device RF bus access information with a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs) of a supporting substrate in a 60 GHz frequency band; and a processing module coupled to; determine access requirements to an RF bus, wherein the RF bus provides communication between the plurality ICs of the supporting substrate in the 60 GHz frequency band; determine RF bus resource available; and allocate, via the interface, RF bus resources in accordance with the access requirements and the RF bus resource availability to at least one of the plurality of ICs. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 36)
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23. A radio frequency (RF) bus controller comprises:
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an interface for communicating RF bus access information in a 60 GHz frequency band; and a processing module coupled to; determine access requirements to an RF bus for one of a plurality of circuit modules of an integrated circuit (IC) on a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the PCB includes a plurality of integrated circuits, wherein the RF bus communicates in the 60 GHz frequency band; determine whether the access requirements pertain to an inter-IC communication to another integrated circuit of the plurality of integrated circuits on the PCB or an intra-IC communication to another one of the plurality of circuit modules on the IC; determine RF bus resource available in accordance with inter-IC communication or the intra-IC communication; and allocate, via the interface, RF bus resources in accordance with the access requirements and the RF bus resource availability. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A radio frequency (RF) bus controller comprises:
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an interface for communicating RF bus access information in a 60 GHz frequency band; and a processing module coupled to; determine access requirements to an RF bus for one of a plurality of circuit modules of an integrated circuit (IC), wherein the plurality of circuit modules of the IC communicate over the RF bus in the 60 GHz frequency band; determine RF bus resource availability; and allocate RF bus resources in accordance with the access requirements and the RF bus resource availability to the one of the plurality of circuit modules of the IC to communicate with another one of the plurality of circuit modules of the IC. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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