Self-powered radio integrated circuit with embedded antenna

1 . An apparatus, comprising:

an integrated circuit that is arranged to provide transmission, receipt, and storage of data, wherein the data is transmitted and received across a radio frequency band;

a power source that is mounted adjacent to the integrated circuit; and

an integrated circuit package that includes the integrated circuit and the power source and an embedded antenna that is manufactured at the time the integrated circuit is manufactured.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the embedded antenna is formed from a metal layer used in the construction of the integrated circuit.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the power source corresponds to a Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMs) die.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the power source is mounted on a chip carrier with the integrated circuit.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein bond wires directly connect the integrated circuit to the power source.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the power source generates power for the integrated circuit by turning mechanical energy into electrical energy according to a Piezo electric affect.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the power source corresponds to mounted rare earth magnets and vibrating arms with a metal coil that produce electric power from the electromotive force of the changing magnetic fields enclosed by the moving coil.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the embedded antenna is manufactured from a top layer of metal associated with the integrated circuit.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the embedded antenna corresponds to a patch antenna or a slotted patch antenna or a spiral antenna.

10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the integrated circuit further comprises an analog compensator, wherein the analog compensator provides analog adjustments to operations of the integrated circuit.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the integrated circuit further comprises a flash memory, wherein the flash memory is arranged to store updates to the integrated circuit.

12 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the integrated circuit further comprises passive filters that are arranged to determine the logic levels associated with a received signal.

13 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the integrated circuit further comprises a phase locked loop that is arranged to determine the logic levels associated with a received signal.

14 . A single integrated circuit package, comprising:

an integrated circuit that includes:

a central processing unit that is arranged to process data that is transmitted and received across a radio frequency network;

a memory that is arranged to store the data;

a transmitting portion of the integrated circuit that is arranged to process the data for transmission;

a receiving portion of the integrated circuit that is arranged to process the data when received; and

an antenna that is manufactured when the integrated circuit is manufactured; and

a power source that is wire bonded to the integrated circuit and provides power to the integrated circuit.

15 . The single integrated circuit package of claim 14 , wherein the integrated circuit further comprises a spreading code generator that provides code for spreading a signal to be transmitted and despreading a signal received.

16 . The single integrated circuit package of claim 14 , wherein the memory of the integrated circuit comprises a flash memory.

17 . The single integrated circuit package of claim 14 , wherein the receiving portion of the integrated circuit is configured with passive filters to determine logic levels for symbols associated with received data.

18 . The single integrated circuit package of claim 14 , wherein the receiving portion of the integrated circuit is further configured with a phase locked loop to determine logic levels for symbols associated with received data.

19 . An apparatus that includes a radio IC node and an embedded antenna within a single IC package that is configurable for the transmission, receipt, and storage of data, comprising:

means for determining whether a radio frequency channel is in use;

means for transmitting data across the radio frequency channel;

means for receiving data across the radio frequency channel;

means for determining whether the data received corresponds to data from a master node;

means for determining whether the data received corresponds to data from a simple node when the radio frequency channel is shown to be in use; and

means for forwarding the data when the data received is from a simple node.

20 . The apparatus of claim 19 , further comprising means for updating functions when the data received corresponds to configuration data from a master node.