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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Holden D. Jessup, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daylyn M. Meade, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Timothy P. Flood, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Clive A. Hallatt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Holden D. Jessup, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daylyn M. Meade, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Timothy P. Flood, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Clive A. Hallatt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The self-powered device is configured to be powered by energy collected from a surrounding environment. The self-powered device includes an energy collector, and a memory having instructions for selecting one of a plurality of modes of operation. The energy collector is configured to collect energy to power the self-powered device from a surrounding environment in which the self-powered device is located. The plurality of modes of operation include: (i) a low-power mode of operation in which the self-powered device consumes less than a pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and the self-powered device uses less than its full capabilities, and (ii) and a high-power mode of operation in which self-powered device consumes more than the pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power and the self-powered device uses its full capabilities.