WO2006126134A2 - Portable electronic terminal and method therefor. - Google Patents
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- G06F1/26—Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
- G06F1/32—Means for saving power
- G06F1/3203—Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
- H04B1/38—Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
- H04B1/40—Circuits
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
- H04W52/02—Power saving arrangements
- H04W52/0209—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices
- H04W52/0251—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02D—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE
- Y02D30/00—Reducing energy consumption in communication networks
- Y02D30/70—Reducing energy consumption in communication networks in wireless communication networks
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- the present invention relates to portable electronic terminals and methods therefor.
- portable electronic terminals automatically shift to idle or sleep mode when not used.
- terminals When in the idle or sleep mode, terminals selectively power portions of their electronics to save energy.
- the idle mode differs from the sleep mode by the number of system clocks switched off. In other terminals, these two modes are identical.
- Known portable electronic terminals comprise: - at least one memory, when in the idle or sleep mode, storing a program code of a background task and data necessary for the execution of the background task,
- a calculator adapted to execute the program code directly from said at least one memory when the terminal is in the idle or sleep mode.
- the at least one memory includes a FLASH memory storing the program code and a VRAM (Volatile Random Access Memory) storing the data.
- the VRAM is permanently powered to retain the data when in the idle or sleep mode.
- the FLASH memory is also permanently powered to allow fast reading of the program code. Therefore, the execution of the background task can be resumed in a very short time because data necessary for its execution are already in the VRAM and FLASH memory is already ready to be read.
- powering a VRAM and a FLASH memory even during the idle or sleep mode consumes energy.
- a portable electronic terminal wherein the at least one memory includes a NVRAM (Non- Volatile Random Access Memory) which consumes no power to retain and access stored information, the NVRAM storing the program code and/or the data.
- NVRAM Non- Volatile Random Access Memory
- NVRAM non-volatile memory and requires no power to retain or access stored information. As a result, the power consumption of the above terminal in the idle or sleep mode is reduced.
- the NVRAM stores both the program code of the background task and the data necessary for the execution of the background task
- the terminal comprises at least one volatile RAM (Random Access Memory) that stores data necessary for the execution of foreground tasks that are not executed when in the idle or sleep mode,
- volatile RAM Random Access Memory
- the terminal is adapted to power off said at least one volatile RAM when in the idle or sleep mode
- the terminal comprises an erasable programmable non-volatile ROM (Read Only Memory) storing the program codes of the foreground tasks
- the NVRAM is a MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory) or a FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory)
- the terminal is a portable cellular phone.
- the above embodiments of the terminal present the following advantages: - storing both the program code and the data in the NVRAM further reduces the energy consumption,
- the invention also relates to a method of managing a portable electronic terminal when in an idle or sleep mode during which selective powering of portions of the electronics of the terminal takes place to save energy, the method comprising, when in the idle or sleep mode, the steps of:
- NVRAM Non-volatile Random Access
- the embodiments of the above method may comprise one or several of the following features:
- the method comprises the step of storing data necessary for the execution of foreground tasks that are not executed when in the idle or sleep mode, in at least one volatile RAM (Random Access Memory), - the method comprises the step of storing the program code of the foreground tasks in an erasable programmable non-volatile ROM (Read-Only Memory).
- Fig.l is a schematic diagram of a portable electronic terminal
- Fig.2 is a flowchart of a method to manage the portable electronic terminal of Fig.1 when in the idle or sleep mode.
- Terminal 2 is a cellular mobile phone designed to communicate with a base station of a cellular telephone network.
- Fig.1 shows only the details necessary for understand the invention.
- Terminal 2 has a display 4 to present information to a user of terminal 2. Display 4 can be switched on and switched off.
- Terminal 2 also includes a calculator 6, which is capable of executing program codes to execute background and foreground tasks. Foreground tasks are only executed when terminal 2 is fully powered, whereas background tasks are also executed when terminal 2 is in the idle or sleep mode. When in the idle or sleep mode, only selective portions of the electronics of terminal 2 are powered to save energy. For example, when in the idle or sleep mode, screen 4 is switched off.
- NVROM 8 Non- Volatile Read-Only Memory 8
- NVROM 8 is a FLASH memory.
- Examples of foreground task functions are the following: - telephone call emission,
- RAM 10 Random Access Memory
- RAM 10 is a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) or a SRAM (Static Random Access Memory).
- NVRAM Non- Volatile Random Access Memory
- the background task is a synchronization task of terminal 2 with a base station to be able to receive incoming calls.
- the synchronization task consists of listening to information from a base station to obtain network information.
- the data stored in NVRAM 12 are time instants to listen to the base station and emitting power necessary for communicate with the base station.
- NVRAM 12 is a MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory) or a FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory). The operation of terminal 2 will now be described with reference to Fig.2.
- step 20 the program code of the background task and data necessary for the execution of the background task are recorded in NVRAM 12.
- step 22 the program codes of the foreground tasks are stored in NVROM 8.
- Terminal 2 automatically shifts to an idle or sleep mode 24 when it is powered and not used.
- step 26 calculator 6 directly executes the program code of the background task from NVRAM 12 and, if necessary, records updated data in NVRAM 12. Step 26 is regularly repeated throughout the idle or sleep mode. In parallel to step 26, in step 28 at the beginning of idle or sleep mode
- VRAM 10 and NVROM 8 are switched off. As a result, data recorded in VRAM 10 are lost and memory accesses to NVROM 8 are no more possible. NVROM 8 and VRAM 10 remain unpowered as long as terminal 2 is in the idle or sleep mode.
- display 4 is also switched off.
- terminal 2 In response to a manual operation of the user of terminal 2 or to receive an incoming call, terminal 2 automatically shifts from the idle or sleep mode to an active mode 26, for example.
- active mode 26 At the beginning of active mode 26, in step 32, all the electronics of terminal 2 is powered on. For example, the power of display 4, NVROM 8, VRAM 10 is switched on.
- step 34 data necessary for the execution of foreground tasks are restored in VRAM 10.
- step 36 foreground tasks are directly executed from
- Steps 34 and 36 can be repeated for different foreground tasks.
- step 38 the background task continues to be directly executed by calculator 6 from NVRAM 12.
- the program code of the background task is stored in NVROM 8 instead of NVRAM 12 and data necessary for the execution of the background task remain stored in NVRAM 12. Because the programs code of background task is stored in NVROM 8, NVROM 8 is powered even during the idle or sleep mode. In this embodiment, only VRAM 10 is powered off when in the idle or sleep mode.
- VRAM 10 the data necessary for the execution of the background tasks are stored in VRAM 10 and the program code of the background task is stored in NVRAM 12.
- VRAM 10 is permanently powered during the idle or sleep mode. However, when in the idle or sleep mode, NVROM 8 need not be powered.
- the amount of information to be stored in NVRAM 12 is reduced. This reduces the manufacturing cost because
- NVRAM 12 is more expensive than NVROM or VRAM. However, the amount of energy saved during the idle or sleep mode is lower than the one saved in the main embodiment.
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