Patent ID: 8320844

Claim:
A configurable radio frequency (RF) transceiver integrated circuit (IC) comprises: an RF input/output (IO) module; a plurality of switching modules; a plurality of components comprising a plurality of RF transmitter specific components and a plurality of RF receiver specific components, wherein, based on a configuration instruction, the RF IO module and selected components of the plurality of components are inter-connected via the at least some of the plurality of switching modules to produce at least a portion of a RF receiver and at least a portion of a RF transmitter; and a second RF IO module, wherein based on second configuration information, the second RF IO module and second selected components of the plurality of components are interconnected via the at least a second some of the plurality of switching modules to produce at least a portion of a second transceiver, wherein, based on multiple input multiple output (MIMO) configuration information, the RF IO module, the second RF IO module, and MIMO selected components of the plurality of components are inter-connected via the at least a MIMO some of the plurality of switching modules to produce at least a portion of a MIMO transceiver.