Method and system for inter IC communications utilizing a spatial multi-link repeater
First Claim
1. A method for signal processing, the method comprising:
- receiving a first signal at a first integrated circuit via a first antenna;
frequency shifting said first signal by a different amount to generate each of a plurality of repeated signals; and
transmitting, via a second antenna, said generated plurality of repeated signals to a corresponding plurality of target integrated circuits, wherein;
each of said plurality of repeated signals comprises one or more signal components; and
a phase and/or amplitude of each of said one or more signal components is adjusted to control a directivity of each of said repeated signals.
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Abstract
Aspects of a method and system for inter integrated circuit (IC) communications utilizing a spatial multilink repeater are provided. In this regard, one or more circuits in an integrated circuit may be enabled to receive a signal and repeat the received signal to a plurality of target integrated circuits. The repeated signals may be generated by frequency shifting the received signal and a different frequency shift may be utilized for each of the repeated signals. In this regard, each of the repeated signals may be generated by quadrature down-converting the received signal by mixing it with a first local oscillator pair, up-converting the down-converted signal by mixing it with a second local oscillator pair, and adding or subtracting an in-phase portion of the up-converted signal with a quadrature-phase portion of the up-converted signal.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for signal processing, the method comprising:
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receiving a first signal at a first integrated circuit via a first antenna; frequency shifting said first signal by a different amount to generate each of a plurality of repeated signals; and transmitting, via a second antenna, said generated plurality of repeated signals to a corresponding plurality of target integrated circuits, wherein; each of said plurality of repeated signals comprises one or more signal components; and a phase and/or amplitude of each of said one or more signal components is adjusted to control a directivity of each of said repeated signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for signal processing, the system comprising:
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one or more circuits in a first integrated circuit, wherein said one or more circuits are enabled to at least; receive a first signal via a first antenna; frequency shift said first signal by a different amount to generate each of a plurality of repeated signals; and transmit, via a second antenna, said generated plurality of repeated signals to a corresponding plurality of target integrated circuits, wherein; each of said plurality of repeated signals comprises one or more signal components; and a phase and/or amplitude of each of said one or more signal components is adjusted to control a directivity of each of said repeated signals. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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