US Patent 7596356 On-chip baseband-to-RF interface and applications thereof

An on-chip baseband-to-RF interface includes a receive/transmit section, a control section, and a clock section. The receive/transmit section, when in a receive mode, provides the stream of inbound symbols from the RF circuit to the baseband processing module and, when in a transmit mode, provides the stream of outbound symbols from the baseband processing module to the RF circuit. The control section provides a control communication path between the baseband processing module and the RF circuit. The clock section provides a clock communication path between the baseband processing module and the RF circuit.