US 11,881,925 B2
System for operating multiple transceiver modules concurrently
Shannon Atkinson, Lake Oswego, OR (US); and Holli Pheil, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,355.
Application 17/942,355 is a continuation of application No. 17/175,757, filed on Feb. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,444,685.
Application 17/175,757 is a continuation of application No. 15/575,848, granted, now 10,924,177, previously published as PCT/US2016/034436, filed on May 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/168,101, filed on May 29, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006729 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04B 1/525 (2015.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01); H03F 3/60 (2006.01); H03F 3/62 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/403 (2015.01); H04B 1/52 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 7/15535 (2013.01) [H03F 1/0288 (2013.01); H03F 1/56 (2013.01); H03F 3/24 (2013.01); H03F 3/602 (2013.01); H03F 3/62 (2013.01); H04B 1/005 (2013.01); H04B 1/406 (2013.01); H04B 1/52 (2013.01); H04B 1/525 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a plurality of wireless transceiver modules, each wireless transceiver module to be communicatively coupled to a corresponding external transceiver module;
one or more antennas to exchange signal data with the plurality of external transceiver modules;
a radio frequency (RF) circulator comprising a plurality of ports, including:
a first port to receive signal data from the one or more antennas;
a second port to output signal data from the plurality of wireless transceiver modules to the one or more antennas; and
a third port to direct signal data from the first port to one or more of the plurality of wireless transceiver modules, and to direct signal data from one or more of the plurality of wireless transceiver modules to the second port;
a signal splitter/combiner disposed between the RF circulator and the plurality of wireless transceiver modules, the signal splitter/combiner operatively coupled to the third port and configured to:
split the received signal data from the one or more antennas into a plurality of signal channel data corresponding to each of the plurality of wireless transceiver modules; and
combine signal channel data from the plurality of wireless transceiver modules into a multi-channel signal data.