Patent 7787529 was granted and assigned to Broadcom (company) on August, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An audio codec integrated with baseband processing and RF on a single IC chip. The audio codec may be implemented in a variety of wireless transceivers, such as cell phones, to offer voice, data and/or music functions. The codec also has monaural and stereo channels for audio output, as well as stereo inputs.