for example an electrically programmable readonly memory eprom an electrically erasable and programmable read only memory eeprom a flash memory nand or nor type including multiple bits per cell a ferroelectric random access memory fram a polymer ferroelectric random access memory pfram a magnetic random access memory m ram an ovonics unified memory oum a disk memory such as for example an electromechanical hard disk an optical disk a magnetic disk or any other device capable of storing instructions and or data however it should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to these examples the analog front end that includes primary receiver 20 and secondary receiver 120 may be embedded with processor 200 as a mixed mode integrated circuit alternatively primary receiver 20 and secondary receiver 120 may be a stand alone radio frequency rf integrated analog circuit that includes low noise amplifiers mixers digital filters and adcs in yet another embodiment having a different partitioning of elements the analog circuit may include low noise amplifiers and mixer s while the filters and adcs may be included with the baseband processor accordingly embodiments of the present invention may be used in a variety of applications with the claimed subject matter incorporated with into microcontrollers general purpose microprocessors digital.