Mobile radio communication apparatus adaptable to power supply voltage change

• US 5,828,953 A
• Filed: 05/22/1997
• Issued: 10/27/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Kawase, Kouichi
• Primary Examiner(s): VO, NGUYEN THANH
• Application Number:
  US08/861,520
• Time in Patent Office: 523 Days
• Field of Search: 455/115, 455/117, 455/126, 455/127, 455/38.3, 455/343, 455/68, 455/522, 455/572, 455/574, 455/575, 455/573, 330/278, 330/285, 330/296, 330/297
• US Class Current: 455/127.2
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/004 Control by varying the supply voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/3042 in modulators, frequency-changers, transmitters or power amplifiers transmission power control in bidirectional transmission systems H04W52/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/52 using AGC [Automatic Gain Control] circuits or amplifiers

Abstract

A mobile radio communication apparatus powered by a limited-capacity power supply includes a transmission amplifier producing a transmission output in accordance with command data from a base station. The driving voltage for the amplifier from the power supply may change due to the lapse of time. A memory stores control data for maintaining a desired operation of the amplifier with the dissipation current thereof minimized when the power supply voltage changes. The driving range of the amplifier is controlled in accordance with the stored control data.

Claims

1. A mobile radio communication apparatus comprising:

a power supply;

a transmission amplifier provided with a driving voltage from said power supply for providing a transmission output;

a memory storing reference data for evaluating the driving voltage from said power supply and control data for controlling the driving range of said transmission amplifier;

a controller comparing voltage data based on the driving voltage detected from said power supply with the reference data stored in said memory and reading the corresponding control data out of said memory in accordance with the comparison; and

a driving range control means for receiving the read out control data and controlling the driving range of said transmission amplifier in accordance with the read out control data so as to maintain a constant amplifier driving range when said driving voltage from said power supply decreases.

2. A mobile radio communication apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein said power supply comprises a lithium-ion-system battery.

3. A mobile radio communication apparatus comprising:

a power supply;

a transmission amplifier provided with a driving voltage from said power supply for producing a transmission output;

an automatic output control means for adjusting the transmission output of said transmission amplifier in accordance with command data from a base station;

a memory storing control data for adjusting the driving range of said transmission amplifier for each of the command data, each of the control data corresponding to each of the command data;

a controller reading a desired one of control data out of said memory in accordance with the command data from said base station and voltage data based on the driving voltage detected from said power supply; and

a driving range control means for receiving the control data read out by said controller and controlling the driving range of said transmission amplifier in accordance with a control voltage based on the read out control data so as to maintain a constant amplifier driving range when said driving voltage from said power supply decreases.

4. A mobile radio communication apparatus recited in claim 3, wherein said power supply comprises a lithium-ion-system battery.

5. A mobile radio communication apparatus adapted for use as a portable apparatus or an apparatus installed in a vehicle, said apparatus comprising:

a portable power supply;

an on-board power supply disposed within said vehicle;

a transmission amplifier provided with a driving voltage from said portable power supply or said on-board power supply for producing a transmission output;

a power supply switching device for selectively providing said transmission amplifier with the driving voltage of said on-board power supply or the driving voltage of said portable power supply;

a memory storing control data for adjusting the driving range of said transmission amplifier on the basis of the driving voltage from said portable power supply or said on-board power supply;

a controller for reading the control data corresponding to voltage data based on the driving voltage detected from said portable or on-board power supply out of said memory; and

a driving range control means for receiving the control data read by said controller and controlling the driving range of said transmission amplifier in accordance with a control voltage based on the read out control data so as to maintain a constant amplifier driving range when said driving voltage from said power supply decreases.

6. A mobile radio communication apparatus recited in claim 5, wherein said power supply comprises a lithium-ion-system battery.

7. A mobile radio communication apparatus comprising:

a power supply which decreases due to the lapse of time;

a transmission amplifier energized by the driving voltage from said power supply;

a memory storing control data which are previously determined by experiment so as to control the desired driving range of said transmission amplifier as a function of the driving voltage from said power supply in such a manner that substantially constant transmission output level is maintained and the dissipating current of said transmission amplifier is minimized; and

a controller for detecting the driving voltage and adjusting the driving range of said transmission amplifier in accordance with the control data corresponding to the detected driving voltage so as to maintain a constant amplifier driving range when said driving voltage from said power supply decreases.