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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Andrew Gerald Zocher, Monticello, IL (US);
Richard Dean Davis, Champaign, IL (US);
Theron Lee Jones, White Heath, IL (US);
Luiz Antonio Razera, Jr., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Andrew Gerald Zocher, Monticello, IL (US);
Richard Dean Davis, Champaign, IL (US);
Theron Lee Jones, White Heath, IL (US);
Luiz Antonio Razera, Jr., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A circuit and method for reducing power consumption in an I/R receiver system includes determining a duty cycle of a command cycle comprising a series of command pulses separated by nulls and enabling and disabling selective active components of an I/R receiver system in accordance with the duty cycle. In an embodiment, the enabling of the active components commences during a null prior to the arrival of a new command pulse. In a further example embodiment, the enabling includes first enabling a first set of active components having a first settling time, waiting for at least the first settling time, and then second enabling a second set of active components having a second settling time.