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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:

Mason L. Freed, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Assignee:

OnWafer Technologies, Inc., Pleasant Hill, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/100 ; H04Q 7/20 ; G08C 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/100 ; H04Q 7/20 ; G08C 1/700 ;
Abstract

Described are methods and apparatus that can provide increased power use efficiency for some applications of wireless telecommunications devices. An aspect of the present invention includes an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus includes a wireless communication system powered with a limited capacity power source. The apparatus is capable of controlling the power applied to the communication system so as to increase the efficiency for using the power. Another aspect of the present invention is a method of controlling power use for wireless telecommunications with a limited capacity power source.


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