Other What is a wirless IC?

Random question, does anyone know what a Wireless IC is?!

 

Google does:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?clie...rce=hp&q=Wireless+IC&meta=&btnG=Google+Search

However, with no point of reference to your question, it's difficult to answer.

 

Probably means "Wireless Interface Card".

 

or wireless internet connection ...

 

or possibly "wireless integrated circuit".

A bit more context would help.

 

IC: integrated circuit.
Wireless IC: the controller microchip on an 802.11b/g/N NIC. e.g. "Broadcom BCM4318".

 

afraid I don't really know the context! A colleague asked me, and pretending to be the big-brain I said I'd find out! Don't worry, not all that important now. Thanks anyway

 

Wireless IC could very well be the controller chip, in the industry (not consumer electronics) i'd expect it to be a wireless chip with internal antenna.

eg. the ZigBee chip CC2480 has internal antenna and can communicate between one another using just its silicon. very neat bit of kit, i've had lots fun with eZ430-RF2480 demo kit.