INTEGRATED CIRCUIT RADIO DEVICES

摘要

Disclosed is a semiconductor device 2 comprising a radio transmitter hardware section 10 and a processor 4, the device 2 being arranged to transmit information via said transmitter hardware section 10 from a first application running on the processor 4 in accordance with a first communication protocol or from a second application running on the processor 4 or a further processor using a second communication protocol, wherein the first application is configured to generate a first transmit request 24 when it requires to send a data packet and wherein the second application is configured to generate a second transmit request 34 when the second application requires to send a data packet, the device further comprising control logic 22 for allocating a transmission timeslot for said transmitter section 10 to said first or second application upon receipt of said first 24 or second 34 transmit requests respectively.

主权项

1. A semiconductor device comprising a radio transmitter hardware section and a processor, the device being arranged to transmit information via said transmitter hardware section from a first application running on the processor in accordance with a first communication protocol or from a second application running on the processor or a further processor using a second communication protocol, wherein the first application is configured to generate a first transmit request when it requires to send a data packet and wherein the second application is configured to generate a second transmit request when the second application requires to send a data packet, the device further comprising control logic for allocating a transmission timeslot for said transmitter section to said first or second application upon receipt of said first or second transmit requests respectively, the device further comprising an application programming interface which permits the second protocol to be defined.