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Combined active and passive wireless communication device

US10944150B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

IMEC VZW · BE
UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN · BE

Inventors

Maarten Weyn · Hove, BE
Philip Sanders · Leuven, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2018
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 23, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B5/20
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless communication device comprises a control unit, an antenna interface, an active wireless transceiver operable together with the control unit and antenna interface, a passive wireless transceiver operable together with the antenna interface and operable by harvesting power from received radio messages. The device is further configured to deactivate the one or more active wireless transceivers and control unit to an inactive state and, subsequently, by the passive wireless transceiver, activate the control unit and an active wireless transceiver to an active state when the passive wireless transceiver receives a message from the antenna interface.

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