Cellular phone terminal and intermittent reception control method to be used in a cellular phone terminal

• US 6,950,673 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2002
• Issued: 09/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Asada, Hideaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZEWDU, MELESS NMN
• Application Number:
  US10/211,533
• Publication Number:
  US 20030045323A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• Field of Search: 455/67.11, 455/343.1, 455/343.2, 455/343.4, 455/226.1, 455/226.2, 455/227, 455230-231, 455/550.1, 455/574, 374170-171, 374/141, 341155-156, 341/158, 341164-165, 370/311
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0293 having a sub-controller with a low clock frequency switching on and off a main controller with a high clock frequency
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A cellular phone terminal can eliminate extra process and save power to be consumed. The cellular phone terminal includes a low speed clock circuit generating a low speed clock to be used for generating a low speed clock used for generation of a preliminarily set intermittent reception cycle, and a high speed clock circuit generating a high speed clock required at least for receiving operation and stopped during periods other than a period of receiving operation, and performing at least checking of incoming call and measurement of a reception level according to said intermittent reception cycle. The terminal also includes an analog/digital converting circuit for converting a measured value of conditional variation in own terminal into the digital signal, an averaging circuit for averaging a result of measurement using said analog/digital converting circuit, and a control circuit for controlling said analog/digital converting circuit and said averaging circuit adapting to said intermittent reception cycle.

Claims

1. A cellular phone terminal, comprising:

a low speed clock circuit for generating a low speed clock signal to be used for generation of an intermittent reception cycle;

a high speed clock circuit for generating a high speed clock signal for a receiving operation, the high speed clock signal being stopped during periods other than a period of the receiving operation, and for checking for an incoming call and measurement of a reception level based on said intermittent reception cycle;

an analog/digital converting circuit for converting a measured value of conditional variation in said cellular phone terminal into a digital signal;

an averaging circuit for averaging the converted measured value from said analog/digital converting circuit;

a control circuit for controlling said analog/digital converting circuit and said averaging circuit based on said intermittent reception cycle; and

a comparing circuit for comparing the converted measured value from said analog/digital converting circuit with a predetermined value,

wherein said control circuit controls said analog/digital converting circuit and said averaging circuit depending upon a result of comparison by said comparing circuit.

2. A cellular phone terminal as set forth in claim 1, which further comprises:

a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature variation of said cellular phone terminal, wherein;

a measured value of said temperature sensor is converted into said digital signal by said analog/digital converting circuit, and

when a temperature variation is detected by said comparing circuit, counting of the frequency difference between said high speed clock signal and said low speed clock signal is performed.

3. A cellular phone terminal, comprising:

a low speed clock circuit for generating a low speed clock signal to be used for generation of an intermittent reception cycle;

a high speed clock circuit for generating a high speed clock signal for a receiving operation, the high speed clock signal being stopped during periods other than a period of the receiving operation, and for checking for an incoming call and measurement of a reception level based on said intermittent reception cycle;

an analog/digital converting circuit for converting a measured value of conditional variation in said cellular phone terminal into a digital signal;

an averaging circuit for averaging the converted measured value from said analog/digital converting circuit; and

a control circuit for controlling said analog/digital converting circuit and said averaging circuit based on said intermittent reception cycle,

wherein said control circuit controls counting of a frequency difference between said high speed clock signal and said low speed clock signal based on said intermittent reception cycle.

4. A cellular phone terminal as set forth in claim 3, wherein a counting period of said frequency difference is based on said intermittent reception cycle.

5. A cellular phone terminal as set forth in claim 3, wherein said counting of said frequency difference is performed using said high speed clock signal.

6. A cellular phone terminal as set forth in claim 3, wherein said high speed clock circuit continues to operate so as to repeat measurement until re-measurement of said frequency difference is completed, even when the receiving operation is completed.

7. A cellular phone terminal as set forth in claim 3, further comprising a plurality of counting circuits in parallel for counting said frequency difference, said counting circuits having a time shift.

8. A cellular phone terminal as set forth in claim 3, further comprising a frequency difference counting circuit for counting the frequency difference.

9. An intermittent reception control method for a cellular phone terminal including a low speed clock circuit which generates a low speed clock signal to be used for generation of an intermittent reception cycle, and a high speed clock circuit which generates a high speed clock signal for a receiving operation, the high speed clock signal being stopped during periods other than a period of the receiving operation, and for checking for an incoming call and measurement of a reception level based on said intermittent reception cycle, said method comprising:

controlling an analog/digital converting circuit to convert a measured value of a conditional variation in said cellular phone terminal into a digital signal;

controlling an averaging circuit to average the converted measured value from said analog/digital converting circuit based on said intermittent reception cycle;

comparing the converted measured value from said analog/digital converting circuit with a predetermined value; and

controlling said analog/digital converting circuit and said averaging circuit based on a result of comparison by said comparing circuit.

10. An intermittent reception control method as set forth in claim 9, wherein a measured value of a temperature sensor which detects a temperature variation of said cellular phone terminal is converted into said digital signal by said analog/digital converting circuit, and when a temperature variation is detected by said comparing circuit, counting of the frequency difference between said high speed clock signal and said low speed clock signal is performed.

11. An intermittent reception control method for a cellular phone terminal including a low speed clock circuit which generates a low speed clock signal to be used for generation of an intermittent reception cycle, and a high speed clock circuit which generates a high speed clock signal for a receiving operation, the high speed clock signal being stopped during periods other than a period of the receiving operation, and for checking for an incoming call and measurement of a reception level based on said intermittent reception cycle, said method comprising:

controlling an analog/digital converting circuit to convert a measured value of a conditional variation in said cellular phone terminal into a digital signal;

controlling an averaging circuit to average the converted measured value from said analog/digital converting circuit based on said intermittent reception cycle; and

controlling counting of a frequency difference between said high speed clock and said low speed clock based on said intermittent reception cycle.

12. An intermittent reception control method as set forth in claim 11, wherein a counting period of said frequency difference is based on said intermittent reception cycle.

13. An intermittent reception control method as set forth in claim 11, wherein said counting of said frequency difference is performed using said high speed clock signal.

14. An intermittent reception control method as set forth in claim 11, wherein said high speed clock circuit continues to operate so as to repeat measurement until re-measurement of said frequency difference is completed, even when the receiving operation is completed.

15. An intermittent reception control method as set forth in claim 11, wherein counting of said frequency difference is performed in parallel by a plurality of counting circuits with a time shift.

16. An intermittent reception control method for a cellular phone terminal including a first speed clock circuit which generates a first speed clock signal to be used for generation of an intermittent reception cycle, and a second speed clock circuit which generates a second speed clock signal for a receiving operation, the second speed clock signal being stopped during periods other than a period of the receiving operation, and for checking for an incoming call and measurement of a reception level during said intermittent reception cycle, said method comprising:

converting a measured analog value of a conditional variation in said cellular phone terminal into digital signals;

averaging the digital signals based on said intermittent reception cycle;

comparing the averaged digital signals with a predetermined value; and

controlling said converting of the measured analog values and said averaging of the digital signal base on the compared averaged digital signal.

17. An intermittent reception control method as set forth in claim 16, wherein the second speed clock signal has a higher speed than the first speed clock signal.

18. An intermittent reception control method as set forth in claim 16, wherein:

the measured analog value of a conditional variation in said cellular phone terminal comprises a temperature variation; and

when the temperature variation is detected, counting of the frequency difference between said second speed clock signal and said first speed clock signal is performed.

19. An intermittent reception control method for a cellular phone terminal including a first speed clock circuit which generates a first speed clock signal to be used for generation of an intermittent reception cycle, and a second speed clock circuit which generates a second speed clock signal for a receiving operation, the second speed clock signal being stopped during periods other than a period of the receiving operation, and for checking for an incoming call and measurement of a reception level during said intermittent reception cycle, said method comprising:

converting a measured analog value of a conditional variation in said cellular phone terminal into digital signals;

averaging the digital signals based on said intermittent reception cycle; and

counting a frequency difference between said high speed clock signal and said low speed clock signal during said intermittent reception cycle.

20. An intermittent reception control method as set forth in claim 19, wherein the second speed clock signal has a higher speed than the first speed clock signal.

21. An intermittent reception control method as set forth in claim 19, wherein a counting period of said frequency difference is based on said intermittent reception cycle.

22. An intermittent reception control method as set forth in claim 19, wherein said counting of said frequency difference is performed using said second speed clock signal.

23. An intermittent reception control method as set forth in claim 19, wherein counting of said frequency difference is performed in parallel by a plurality of counting circuits with a time shift.