Patent ID: 7856247
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: G06K,H04B

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication device including a radio frequency (RF) transceiver and a radio frequency identification system (RFID) reader, comprising: a radio frequency (RF) front end operable, in a first mode, to generate a radio frequency identification system (RFID) outbound radio frequency (RF) signal and to receive an RFID inbound RF signal responsive to said RFID outbound RF signal, and operable in a second mode, to generate a transceiver outbound radio frequency (RF) signal and to receive a transceiver inbound RF signal; a digitization module operable, in the first mode, to convert said RFID inbound RF signal into an RFID digital baseband signal, and operable, in the second mode, to convert said transceiver inbound RF signal into a transceiver digital baseband signal; and a baseband processing module coupled, in the first mode, to convert said RFID digital baseband signal into inbound RFID digital data, and coupled, in the second mode, to convert said transceiver digital baseband signal into inbound transceiver digital data.