Wireless Transceiver Parallel RF Processing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless receivers with a single RF chip struggle to support multiple paired wireless devices simultaneously, leading to reduced polling rates and suboptimal performance due to resource limitations and interference.

Innovation Solution

A wireless transceiver design featuring multiple RF chips and a power divider, with each RF chip paired with a wireless device and using different frequency channels to minimize interference, allowing for simultaneous signal processing without compromising polling rates.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If a single RF chip is used to support multiple paired wireless devices, then device complexity is reduced, but the polling rate and performance of each wireless device deteriorate due to sequential processing limitations

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveRF chip configurationVSAvoidpolling rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the RF processing function by using multiple RF chips (at least two) instead of a single RF chip. Each RF chip is individually paired with a specific wireless device and operates on at least one same frequency channel, enabling parallel processing of multiple wireless devices simultaneously without limiting the polling rate of any individual device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If multiple RF chips are used to support multiple paired wireless devices simultaneously, then the polling rate and performance of each wireless device improve, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepolling rateVSAvoidRF chip configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The power divider serves as a universal component that enables multiple RF chips to share a common antenna module. The power divider distributes the RF signals from the antenna module to multiple RF chips, allowing them to operate simultaneously without requiring separate antenna modules for each RF chip, thus reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high polling rates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple RF chips share a common antenna module through a power divider, then resource utilization improves and device complexity is managed, but signal interference and power coupling may occur between RF chips

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource utilizationVSAvoidpower coupling
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The power divider acts as an intermediary component between the antenna module and multiple RF chips. It distributes RF signals to different RF chips while providing isolation between them, preventing direct power coupling and interference between RF chips operating on the same or overlapping frequency channels. This mediator role allows multiple RF chips to share the antenna resource efficiently without mutual interference.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11870482B2Wireless transceiver
Publication Date: 2024.01.09 ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC
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AI summary

A wireless transceiver for pairing and connecting to a plurality of wireless devices is provided. The wireless transceiver includes an antenna module, a power divider, and a plurality of RF chips. The antenna module is communicated to the wireless device. The power divider is electrically connected to the power divider, the RF chips are individually paired with one of the wireless devices, and each one of the RF chips and its paired wireless device have at least one same frequency channel, a wireless signal corresponding to the wireless device is sent and received through the power divider and the antenna module after the radio frequency (RF) chip and the wireless device are successfully paired.