Wireless bus for intra-chip and inter-chip communication, including wireless-enabled component (WEC) embodiments
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1. A wireless-enabled component (WEC) integrated at least in part on a chip enclosed in a package, comprising:
- a core module configured to perform one or more functions of the WEC; and
a wireless transceiver coupled via an interface to the core module and configured to wirelessly communicate, using a signal line in the package, over a wireless to search for a server, upload information to the server, and download a linking resource from the server,wherein the information relates to the one or more functions of the WEC that the core module is configured to perform or resources of a second WEC that the WEC is looking to couple with, andwherein the signal line is configured to wirelessly communicate with the second WEC over the wireless bus by wirelessly routing signals out of the package via a non-ohmic coupling to one of a substrate of the package or a printed circuit board.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a wireless-enabled component (WEC) for enabling a wireless bus for intra-chip and inter-chip communication. A WEC encompasses a functional block of an IC (such as, for example, a processing core of a processing unit), an entire IC (such as, for example, a processing unit), or a device that includes a plurality of ICs (such as, for example, a handheld device). According to embodiments, a WEC may be associated with one or more sub-blocks of an IC, a single IC, or a plurality of ICs.
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1. A wireless-enabled component (WEC) integrated at least in part on a chip enclosed in a package, comprising:
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a core module configured to perform one or more functions of the WEC; and a wireless transceiver coupled via an interface to the core module and configured to wirelessly communicate, using a signal line in the package, over a wireless to search for a server, upload information to the server, and download a linking resource from the server, wherein the information relates to the one or more functions of the WEC that the core module is configured to perform or resources of a second WEC that the WEC is looking to couple with, and wherein the signal line is configured to wirelessly communicate with the second WEC over the wireless bus by wirelessly routing signals out of the package via a non-ohmic coupling to one of a substrate of the package or a printed circuit board. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A wireless-enabled component (WEC) integrated at least in part on a chip enclosed in a package, comprising:
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a core module configured to perform one or more functions of the WEC; and a wireless transceiver coupled via an interface to the core module and configured to wirelessly communicate, using a signal line in the package, over a wireless bus to search for a server and upload information to the server relating to the one or more functions of the WEC that the core module is configured to perform and resources of a second WEC that the WEC is looking to couple with, wherein the signal line is configured to wirelessly communicate with the second WEC over the wireless bus by wirelessly routing signals out of the package via a non-ohmic coupling to one of a substrate of the package or a printed circuit board. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A wireless-enabled component (WEC) integrated at least in part on a chip enclosed in a package, comprising:
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a core module configured to perform one or more functions of the WEC; and a wireless transceiver coupled via an interface to the core module and configured to wirelessly communicate, using a signal line in the package, over a wireless bus to upload information to a server relating to the one or more functions of the WEC that the core module is configured to perform, resources of a second WEC that the WEC is looking to couple with, and download a linking resource from the server, wherein the second WEC is part of a system of WECs that have been dynamically coupled together while the system continued to operate, and wherein the signal line is configured to wirelessly communicate with the second WEC over the wireless bus by wirelessly routing signals out of the package via a non-ohmic coupling to one of a substrate of the package or a printed circuit board. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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