Millimeter wave near field communication device

1. A device comprises:

a processing module coupled to:

determine activation of the device;

upon determination of activation, modulate data to produce modulated data;

determine a beamforming setting in accordance with the determination of activation; and

establish a transmit power setting in accordance with the determination of activation;

a millimeter wave (MMW) oscillation module coupled to generate a modulated MMW signal based on the modulated data, wherein the MMW oscillation module includes a phase locked loop coupled to generate an in-phase oscillation component and a quadrature oscillation component based on a reference oscillation and the modulated data, wherein the modulated MMW signal includes the in-phase oscillation component and the quadrature oscillation component;

a MMW beamforming module coupled to convert the modulated MMW signal into a plurality of MMW beamformed signals based on the beamforming setting, wherein the MMW beamforming module includes a plurality of phase adjust modules, wherein a phase adjust module includes:

a first adjustable gain module coupled to adjust gain of the quadrature oscillation component based on an element of the beamforming setting to produce a first adjusted oscillation;

a second adjustable gain module coupled to adjust gain of the in-phase oscillation component based on the element of the beamforming setting to produce a second adjusted oscillation; and

a summing module coupled to sum the first and second adjusted oscillations to produce one of the plurality of MMW beamformed signals; and

a plurality of amplifiers coupled to amplify the plurality of MMW beamformed signals in accordance with the transmit power setting to produce a MMW near field transmission.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing module determines the activation by at least one of:

receiving a beacon signal from a reader device;

by receiving a continuous wave signal from the reader device; and

capacitively sensing handling of the device and determining motion of the device.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing module determines the beamforming setting by:

determining orientation of the device with respect to a reader device; and

establishing the beamforming setting based on the orientation to provide a controlled radiation pattern between the device and the reader device.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing module determines the beamforming setting by:

receiving a beacon signal from a reader device; and

establishing the beamforming setting based on the beacon signal to provide a controlled radiation pattern between the device and the reader device.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing module establishes the transmit power setting by:

determining orientation of the device with respect to a reader device; and

determining a transmit power level for each of the plurality of amplifiers.

6. A device comprises:

a processing module coupled to:

determine activation of the device;

upon determination of activation, modulate data to produce modulated data;

determine a beamforming setting in accordance with the determination of activation; and

establish a transmit power setting in accordance with the determination of activation;

a millimeter wave (MMW) oscillation module coupled to generate a modulated MMW signal based on the modulated data, wherein the MMW oscillation module includes:

a conversion module to convert the modulated data into a modulated control voltage;

a voltage controlled oscillator to generate a differential oscillation based on the modulated control voltage, wherein the differential oscillation includes a non-inverted oscillation component and an inverted oscillation component; and

an integrator to integrate one of the non-inverted oscillation component and the inverted oscillation component to produce a quadrature oscillation component, wherein the modulated MMW signal includes the quadrature oscillation component and another one of the non-inverted oscillation component and the inverted oscillation component; and

a MMW beamforming module coupled to convert the modulated MMW signal into a plurality of MMW beamformed signals based on the beamforming setting, wherein the MMW beamforming module includes a plurality of phase adjust modules, wherein a phase adjust module includes:

a first adjustable gain module coupled to adjust gain of the quadrature oscillation component based on an element of the beamforming setting to produce a first adjusted oscillation;

a second adjustable gain module coupled to adjust gain of the another one of the non-inverted oscillation component and the inverted oscillation component based on the element of the beamforming setting to produce a second adjusted oscillation; and

a summing module coupled to sum the first and second adjusted oscillations to produce one of the plurality of MMW beamformed signals; and

a plurality of amplifiers coupled to amplify the plurality of MMW beamformed signals in accordance with the transmit power setting to produce a MMW near field transmission.

7. A millimeter wave (MMW) near field communication (NFC) device comprises:

a high data rate section coupled to convert outbound data into a high data rate symbol stream;

a low power millimeter wave (MMW) transmitter section coupled to convert the high data rate symbol stream into a MMW signal having an NFC transmit range, wherein the MMW transmitter section includes a phase locked loop coupled to generate an in-phase oscillation component and a quadrature oscillation component based on a reference oscillation and the high data rate symbol stream, wherein the MMW signal includes the in-phase oscillation component and the quadrature oscillation component; and

a beamforming section coupled to convert the MMW signal into a plurality of MMW beamformed signals that, when combined in air, produce a narrow focused radiation pattern between the MMW NFC device and a reader device, wherein the beamforming section includes a plurality of phase adjust modules, wherein a phase adjust module includes:

a first adjustable gain module coupled to adjust gain of the quadrature oscillation component based on an element of the beamforming setting to produce a first adjusted oscillation;

a second adjustable gain module coupled to adjust gain of the in-phase oscillation component based on the element of the beamforming setting to produce a second adjusted oscillation; and

a summing module coupled to sum the first and second adjusted oscillations to produce one of the plurality of MMW beamformed signals.

8. The MMW NFC device of claim 7 , wherein the high data rate section comprises one of:

an FSK (frequency shift keying) modulator;

an MSK (minimum shift keying) modulator;

a PSK (phase shift keying) modulator; and

an ASK (amplitude shift keying) modulator.

9. The MMW NFC device of claim 7 , wherein the beamforming section comprises:

a processing module coupled to determine a beamforming setting upon activation of the MMW NFC device; and

a MMW beamforming module coupled to convert the MMW signal into the plurality of MMW beamformed signals based on the beamforming setting.

10. The MMW NFC device of claim 9 , wherein the processing module determines the beamforming setting by:

determining orientation of the MMW NFC device with respect to a reader device; and

establishing the beamforming setting based on the orientation to provide a controlled radiation pattern between the MMW NFC device and the reader device.

11. The MMW NFC device of claim 9 , wherein the processing module determines the beamforming setting by:

receiving a beacon signal from a reader device; and

establishing the beamforming setting based on the beacon signal to provide a controlled radiation pattern between the MMW NFC device and the reader device.

12. The MMW NFC device of claim 9 , wherein the processing module further functions to:

update the beamform setting as the MMW NFC device moves.

13. A millimeter wave (MMW) near field communication (NFC) device comprises:

a high data rate section coupled to convert outbound data into a high data rate symbol stream;

a low power millimeter wave (MMW) transmitter section coupled to convert the high data rate symbol stream into a MMW signal having an NFC transmit range, wherein the MMW transmitter section module includes:

a conversion module to convert the high data rate symbol stream into a modulated control voltage;

a voltage controlled oscillator to generate a differential oscillation based on the modulated control voltage, wherein the differential oscillation includes a non-inverted oscillation component and an inverted oscillation component; and

an integrator to integrate one of the non-inverted oscillation component and the inverted oscillation component to produce a quadrature oscillation component, wherein the MMW signal includes the quadrature oscillation component and another one of the non-inverted oscillation component and the inverted oscillation component; and

a beamforming section coupled to convert the MMW signal into a plurality of MMW beamformed signals that, when combined in air, produce a narrow focused radiation pattern between the MMW NFC device and a reader device, wherein the beamforming section includes a plurality of phase adjust modules, wherein a phase adjust module includes:

a first adjustable gain module coupled to adjust gain of the quadrature oscillation component based on an element of the beamforming setting to produce a first adjusted oscillation;

a second adjustable gain module coupled to adjust gain of the another one of the non-inverted oscillation component and the inverted oscillation component based on the element of the beamforming setting to produce a second adjusted oscillation; and

a summing module coupled to sum the first and second adjusted oscillations to produce one of the plurality of MMW beamformed signals.