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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2008
Applicant:
Steven Mark Singer, Cambridge, GB;
Inventor:
Steven Mark Singer, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A signal receiver capable of operating in two modes: a normal mode for reception and decoding of signals and a detection mode for detecting the presence of signals, the signal receiver having: a functional unit that can operate in two manners: a first manner having relatively low power consumption and relatively poor accuracy and a second manner having relatively high power consumption and relatively high accuracy, and a controller for causing the functional unit to operate in the first manner when the receiver is in its detection mode and in the second manner when the receiver is in its normal mode.