Patent ID: 7907657

Claim:
An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium including instructions that if executed enable a system to: receive digital control information in a transceiver of the system from a processor of the system, the digital control information including configuration information to configure the transceiver, event information including event codes to identify actions to be taken by the transceiver, and schedule information including schedule codes each to identify timing of a corresponding one of the actions to be taken by the transceiver; store the digital control information in at least one storage of the transceiver; configure the transceiver according to the configuration information; and perform a modulator control operation according to a first event code at a time relative to a previous operation according to a first schedule code, the first schedule code corresponding to a period of time after the previous operation, and perform a ramp operation according to a second event code at a time according to a second schedule code, wherein the second schedule code corresponds to a number of clock signals after the modulator control operation.