Keeping Accurate Time For A Hybrid GPS Receiver And Mobile Phone When Powered Off
First Claim
1. An integrated satellite navigation receiver and communication device combination system (300), comprising:
- a single portable device that includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver part (302) and a communications transceiver part (304);
said GPS receiver part (302) including a GPS RF-receiver (308), a GPS digital processor and frequency generator (GPS-chip) (310), a GPS oscillator (oscGPS) (312), a lower-frequency oscillator (osc3) (314) operating at about 32-KHz, and a clock selector (316) for selecting between clock frequency choices for normal and time-keeping only low-power operation;
said communications transceiver part (304) including a cellphone transceiver (320), a digital signal processor (DSP) (322), a phone host CPU (324), a divider (325), and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) (326);
wherein, at turn-on, the GPS-chip (310) loads a default startup processor clock synthesis-frequency value for said phone CPU (324), and a host processor clock frequency is generated by multiplying a GPS clock that is input to a numeric controlled oscillator (NCO) that can then be digitally programmed to generate a requested output frequency; and
wherein, if the GPS receiver part (302) is tracking GPS satellites and solving for frequency error, it compensates a requested frequency by computing the error in said GPS oscillator (oscGPS) (312) to provide a more stable frequency to said VCO (326).
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Abstract
A hybrid navigation satellite receiver and mobile telephone uses only two crystal oscillators. One that operates a master clock around 27-MHz and that consumes milliwatts of power. The other oscillator consumes only microwatts of power and operates continuously on battery power at about 32-KHz. Only the second, low frequency oscillator is kept running during power “off”. On power “restart”, a real-time-clock counter is consulted to cause an estimate of the GPS system time to be regenerated and supplied to the GPS-DSP to quicken its initialization. The master clock is GPS-calibrated, and the accurate clock is used to drive NCO'"'"'s for the mobile telephone part and host CPU.
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1. An integrated satellite navigation receiver and communication device combination system (300), comprising:
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a single portable device that includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver part (302) and a communications transceiver part (304); said GPS receiver part (302) including a GPS RF-receiver (308), a GPS digital processor and frequency generator (GPS-chip) (310), a GPS oscillator (oscGPS) (312), a lower-frequency oscillator (osc3) (314) operating at about 32-KHz, and a clock selector (316) for selecting between clock frequency choices for normal and time-keeping only low-power operation; said communications transceiver part (304) including a cellphone transceiver (320), a digital signal processor (DSP) (322), a phone host CPU (324), a divider (325), and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) (326); wherein, at turn-on, the GPS-chip (310) loads a default startup processor clock synthesis-frequency value for said phone CPU (324), and a host processor clock frequency is generated by multiplying a GPS clock that is input to a numeric controlled oscillator (NCO) that can then be digitally programmed to generate a requested output frequency; and wherein, if the GPS receiver part (302) is tracking GPS satellites and solving for frequency error, it compensates a requested frequency by computing the error in said GPS oscillator (oscGPS) (312) to provide a more stable frequency to said VCO (326). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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