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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2021
Imec Vzw, Leuven, BE;
Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerp, BE;
Maarten Weyn, Leuven, BE;
Philip Ludovic E Sanders, Leuven, BE;
IMEC VZW, Leuven, BE;
UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN, Antwerp, BE;
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.