Abstract:
An electroluminescent backlit device (10) utilizing light-emitting polymers (LEP) is disclosed. A sandwich (130) of LEP material (40) and two electrical conductive materials (130) are used to provide back lighting for a keypad (25) or display. The electrical conductive layers (50, 60) are etched to form channels (100) which provide current to and excite the LEP material (40) to produce light at predetermined points. The etchings are directed around existing electrical contacts (35) to facilitate normal operation of the underlying host system, such as a cellular telephone.
Abstract:
A system and method for maintaining the home and visiting location records of a subscriber in a single-, dual- or multi-mode telecommunications system. Upon leaving the home system, an associated record is made of the new location within the visiting system, and a timer initiated. Paging of the subscriber is routed according to the presence of the associated record and unexpired timer, indicating the visiting system, and expired timer, indicating return to the home system.
Abstract:
An electronic device holder (15) for increasing the standby and talk time of a cellular telephone (10) is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing (55) defining a cradle (53) for holding the cellular telephone (10). A battery (40) is integrated within the housing (55) such that when a cellular telephone (10) is placed within the cradle (53), the battery (40) within the housing (55) powers the telephone rather than the main battery (25) located within the cellular telephone unit (10). Means for attaching the housing to a user such as a belt clip is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A radio communication system assigns one repeater the role of priority repeater, whereupon that priority repeater exclusively relays all messages between one or more portable radios and a base site. The priority repeater monitors various indicia relating to its level of activity, and transitions to a non-priority state when the level of activity exceeds a prescribed threshold. The repeater includes a counter for counting the number of transactions performed since the repeater was assigned the role of priority repeater, wherein the count serves as the activity level measure. These idle repeaters compare the activity level embedded in the message with their own activity level. If an idle repeater determines that its activity level is higher than the current priority repeater's activity level, then it will transmit a message to the priority repeater requesting that the priority repeater relinquish priority status. In this manner, the present invention ensures that a repeater will not deplete its battery during its tenure as priority repeater.
Abstract:
A decoding system processes a received vector r to produce a soft symbol information vector output s including a reliability value for each received code symbol. From the reliability values, clusters of symbols within the received vector r having low reliability are identified and detected. Responsive thereto, the received vector r is permuted to scatter the low reliability symbols within each detected low reliability cluster throughout a given codeword. A decoding generator matrix G is also correspondingly permuted in response to the detection of low reliability clusters of symbols. Utilizing a trellis obtained from the permuted decoding generator matrix G', the permuted received vector r' is then sequentially or otherwise suboptimally decoded.
Abstract:
An RF power transistor (10) having improved thermal balance characteristics includes a first emitter electrode (12) and a base electrode (18) formed on a silicon die, each having a multiplicity of parallel electrode fingers. A second emitter electrode (22) is formed over the base electrode (18) and is electrically connected to the first emitter electrode (12). Ballast resistors (28, 30) are formed in a substantially evenly spaced manner on each side of the silicon die, in series with at least some of the electrode fingers (16) of the first emitter electrode (12) and in series of at least some of the electrode fingers (26) of the second emitter electrode (22).
Abstract:
An incoming call towards a ported telecommunications terminal (120) is routed (210) to the donor telecommunications node associated with the dialed directory number without first (40, 180) performing a number portability database (NP-DB) (90) query. Upon determining that the telecommunications terminal associated with the specified called party directory number has been ported, a signal (270) querying the NP-DB is transmitted by the donor node. In response (280), the NP-DB provides a network address representing the gaining telecommunications node (70, 200) to the next-to-last (N-1) switch (100). Utilizing the received network address, the N-1 switch releases the first call connection (210) with the donor telecommunications node and reroutes the call connection to (250) the gaining telecommunications node associated with the received network address.
Abstract:
Unwanted transmitter modulation which would otherwise have an undesirable impact at a radio receiving the transmitted signal is detected and cancelled. The radio transmitter includes a phase-locked loop that receives an input signal and a feedback signal. An amplifier stage amplifies an output from the phase-locked loop, and an antenna transmits the amplified signal. A detector detects the transmitted signal and generates the feedback signal. Inclusion of the amplifier stage in the phase-locked loop compensates for undesirable transmitter modulation introduced at the amplifier stage. One example application of the present invention is to vehicular-based radio systems, where the radio transmitter is susceptible to the noise generated by the vehicle electrical system which ultimately results in an audible whine at the radio receiver. The whine heard at the receiver is greatly reduced/eliminated.
Abstract:
An improved RF antenna connector providing a shielded RF connection point is disclosed. The improved antenna connector consists of a metal housing (10) which substantially surrounds a metal contact (20) acting as an RF feed point connector. The metal contact is placed within the housing by connection to an insulating connector (15) that slides into a chamber (30) in the housing such that the metal contact is located within and substantially surrounded by the housing. The metal contact is also positioned to contact the RF feed points of an antenna (27) and a printed circuit board.