Patent · US Expired

Process for reducing the electrical consumption of a transmitter/receiver of digital information, in particular a cellular mobile telephone, and corresponding transmitter/receiver

US6876874B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 21, 2001
Grant dateApr 5, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

The electrical consumption of a cellular mobile telephone is reduced by using fractional-division phase-locked loops receiving a frequency reference from a fairly inaccurate quartz oscillator. Electrical consumption is also reduced by switching the output of the oscillator onto the input of the processing stage when the transmission/reception stage is inactive. The fractional-division phase-locked loops can then be deactivated.

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