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Radio switching apparatus

US5905449A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 6, 1997
Grant dateMay 18, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D30/70
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A radio switching apparatus is provided which is actuated upon reception of a radio signal and which is capable zero or near-zero standby electric power consumption. The radio switching apparatus includes a receiving antenna; a surface-acoustic-wave device to which a signal received by the antenna is fed and which extracts a specific pattern contained in the signal; a storing circuit for storing output electric power of the surface-acoustic-wave device; and a switch circuit which is turned on when the output voltage of the storing circuit exceeds a set value.

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