Patent ID: 9531451
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: selecting a first operating mode for at least one chip from among a transmit mode and a receive mode, selecting a second operating mode for the at least one chip from among a master mode and a slave mode; obtaining, by the at least one chip, a first oscillating signal, wherein generating, by the at least one chip, a target radio frequency (RF) transmit signal when the at least one chip is in the transmit mode, wherein the generating the target RF transmit signal comprises: phase-shifting, by a first phase shifter, the first oscillating signal in accordance with a first phase shift to form a first phase-shifted signal; and determining, by a modulator having an input coupled to an output of the first phase shifter, a modulated RF signal in accordance with the first phase-shifted signal.