System and method for an energy efficient RF transceiver
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1. An energy efficient wireless device having a sleep mode and a wake-up mode, the device comprising:
- a first receiver portion having an operational amplifier feeding a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum decoder and an identity decoder, wherein the first receiver portion is a one-bit modem;
a second receiver portion having an analog to digital converter feeding a signal processor, wherein the second receiver portion consumes more power than the first receiver portion;
a first clock for providing timing to the first receiver portion; and
a second clock for providing timing to the second receiver portion, the second clock having a precision greater than the first clock;
wherein the first receiver portion is configured to;
receive an analog signal having a header and a payload;
convert the header to a digital signal using the operational amplifier;
decode the digital signal using the Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum decoder; and
compare, using the identity decoder, an encoded string in the header with a set of known digital strings associated with available receivers to determine if the device is the intended receiver by;
determining a Hamming distance defined between the encoded string and each of the plurality of known digital strings;
selecting the known digital string having the shortest Hamming distance to the encoded string;
identifying the receiver associated with the selected digital string as the intended receiver; and
determining, using the first receiver portion, whether the device is the intended receiver;
wherein the device is configured to be placed in a sleep mode if the device is not the intended receiver; and
wherein the second receiver portion is configured to wake up and decode the payload if the device is the intended receiver.
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Abstract
An energy efficient radio having a clocking system utilizing two clocks with very different precision and power characteristics. In another aspect, the time that a radio spends on listening/receiving is optimized so that energy is not wasted when there is no need to keep receiving. In another aspect, to further improve the energy efficiency, two receive portions with drastic difference in power consumption, instead of a single receive portion as is used in a typical wireless receiver, and are used to process different parts of a received packet.
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1. An energy efficient wireless device having a sleep mode and a wake-up mode, the device comprising:
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a first receiver portion having an operational amplifier feeding a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum decoder and an identity decoder, wherein the first receiver portion is a one-bit modem; a second receiver portion having an analog to digital converter feeding a signal processor, wherein the second receiver portion consumes more power than the first receiver portion; a first clock for providing timing to the first receiver portion; and a second clock for providing timing to the second receiver portion, the second clock having a precision greater than the first clock; wherein the first receiver portion is configured to; receive an analog signal having a header and a payload; convert the header to a digital signal using the operational amplifier; decode the digital signal using the Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum decoder; and compare, using the identity decoder, an encoded string in the header with a set of known digital strings associated with available receivers to determine if the device is the intended receiver by; determining a Hamming distance defined between the encoded string and each of the plurality of known digital strings; selecting the known digital string having the shortest Hamming distance to the encoded string; identifying the receiver associated with the selected digital string as the intended receiver; and determining, using the first receiver portion, whether the device is the intended receiver; wherein the device is configured to be placed in a sleep mode if the device is not the intended receiver; and wherein the second receiver portion is configured to wake up and decode the payload if the device is the intended receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of reducing the power consumption of a wireless communications device, the device having a sleep mode and a wake-up mode, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a first receiver portion of the device, an analog signal having a header and a payload, wherein the first receiver portion is a one-bit modem comprising an operational amplifier feeding a direct sequence spread spectrum decoder and an identity decoder; converting the header to a digital signal in the first receiver portion using the operational amplifier; decoding the digital signal using the direct sequence spread spectrum decoder; comparing an encoded string in the header with a set of known digital strings associated with available receivers to determine if the device is the intended receiver using the identity decoder by; determining a Hamming distance defined between the encoded string and each of the plurality of known digital strings; selecting the known digital string having the shortest Hamming distance to the encoded string; identifying the receiver associated with the selected digital string as the intended receiver; and determining, using the first receiver portion, whether the device is the intended receiver; placing the device in a sleep mode if the device is not the intended receiver; and waking up a second receiver portion of the device and decoding the payload in the second receiver portion if the device is the intended receiver, wherein the second receiver portion consumes more power than the first receiver portion. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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