| US 7,519,396 B2 | ||
| Integrated circuit package | ||
| Takashi Hashimoto, Ashiya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 15, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/182,556. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-215238 (JP), filed on Jul. 23, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0019711 A1, Jan. 26, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/14 (2006.01); H04B 15/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—562.1 [455/25; 455/575.7; 455/63.4; 343/893; 343/758] | 3 Claims |
| 1. An integrated circuit package comprising:
a plurality of functioning units operable to perform processing on input data and output a result of the processing;
a plurality of antenna units each of which (a) is positioned to (i) receive radio-transmitted data from at least another one
of the plurality of antenna units by radio and (ii) transmit data to at least another one of the plurality of antenna units
by radio, (b) includes an antenna having directivity in a specific direction;
a first switching unit configured to selectively connect output of a first functioning unit, which is one of the plurality
of functioning units, and a first antenna unit, which is one of the plurality of antenna units;
a second switching unit configured to selectively connect a second antenna unit, which is positioned to receive the radio-transmitted
data from the first antenna unit by radio, and input of a second functioning unit different from the first functioning unit;
and
a switching configuration unit configured to store property information indicating the directivity of each antenna, positional
information indicating a position of each of the plurality of antenna units, and data flow information indicating a flow of
data among the plurality of functioning units, and direct the first and the second switching units to perform the selective
connections based on the property information, the positional information and the data flow information.
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