Patent ID: 7477917

Claim:
An integrated circuit, 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, to receive an RFID inbound RF signal responsive to said RFID outbound RF signal and to convert said RFID inbound RF signal to an RFID near baseband signal, and operable in a second mode, to generate a transceiver outbound radio frequency (RF) signal, to receive a transceiver inbound RF signal and to convert said transceiver inbound RF signal to a transceiver near baseband signal; a digitization module operable, in the first mode, to convert said RFID near baseband signal to an RFID digital baseband signal, and operable, in a second mode, to convert said transceiver near baseband signal to a transceiver digital baseband signal; and a baseband processing module operably coupled, in the first mode, to convert said RFID digital baseband signal into inbound RFID digital data, and operably coupled, in the second mode, to convert said transceiver digital baseband signal into inbound transceiver digital data.