US 12,160,257 B2
Distributed radio frequency communication systems for automotive
Sabah Khesbak, Irvine, CA (US); Mark Alan Richey, Carsbad, CA (US); Ari T Vauhkonen, Costa Mesa, CA (US); David Richard Pehlke, Westlake Village, CA (US); and Kimmo J. Salmela, Espoo (FI)
Assigned to Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,369.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/203,131, filed on Jul. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0015565 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 1/3822 (2015.01); H04B 1/40 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 1/3822 (2013.01) [H04B 1/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A distributed radio frequency communication system for an automobile, the distributed radio frequency communication system comprising:
a digital processing circuit;
cabling;
a first serializer/deserializer circuit electrically connected between the digital processing circuit and the cabling;
a first radio frequency module;
a second serializer/deserializer circuit electrically connected between the first radio frequency module and the cabling, the first serializer/deserializer circuit and the second serializer/deserializer circuit configured to communicate digital data over the cabling;
a second radio frequency module; and
a third serializer/deserializer circuit electrically connected between the second radio frequency module and the cabling, the cabling including a common cable shared by the second serializer/deserializer circuit and the third serializer/deserializer circuit.