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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Hung Thanh Nguyen, Plano, TX (US);
Nancy Kow Iida, Irving, TX (US);
Edward Tangkwai Ma, Plano, TX (US);
Robert Michael Muchsel, Addison, TX (US);
Gary Vernon Zanders, Fairview, TX (US);
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the invention allow to dynamically transition between clock-driven and even-driven circuit elements to enable automatic multi-mode operation to enable low-power and high-throughput applications. In certain embodiments, dynamic transitioning is accomplished through a mode control unit that evaluates input data from a number of sources to determine whether to initiate a transition. Certain embodiments take advantage of dynamic transitioning to allow for energy harvesting in a data gathering phase by switching to high power communication phase as needed. The energy harvesting scheme is particularly suited for battery-operated applications that benefit from a reduction in overall power consumption.