Improved Techniques For Power Consumption Reduction In Portable Two-Way Radio

In the two-way portable radios market, long battery life has become an essential and critical customer requirement for communication during critical public safety or rescue missions. Thus, in tandem with this need, various researches have been conducted by industry players to reduce the power con...

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Main Author: Adrian, Lim Hooi Jin
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling my-usm-ep.450282019-07-23T07:24:28Z Improved Techniques For Power Consumption Reduction In Portable Two-Way Radio 2013-06 Adrian, Lim Hooi Jin TK1-9971 Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering In the two-way portable radios market, long battery life has become an essential and critical customer requirement for communication during critical public safety or rescue missions. Thus, in tandem with this need, various researches have been conducted by industry players to reduce the power consumption of the design with minimum sacrifices on product performance. This thesis presents various key techniques that can be adopted into the design of portable two ways radio to reduce the overall power consumptions of radio in three main areas in the portable radio architecture from system level perspective; DC power supply topology for CMOS based processor, LCD and keypad backlighting system and RF sections at idle mode. In the DC power supply topology for CMOS based processor area, two techniques were identified to optimize the overall efficiency of the power distribution network by minimizing the power conversion lost in the multiple power conversion line up and utilization of single and direct conversion in the portable radio architecture to save up to 58% of power at battery input and prolonging the battery life of the portable two-way radio by another 2.23 hours. Meanwhile, in the LCD and keypad backlighting system, three techniques are identified to reduce the power consumptions at battery input of up to 24% which includes careful selection of LED, light guide and power management topology to drive the LEDs in an efficient manner and prolonging the battery life of the portable two-way radio by another 0.39 hours. 2013-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/45028/ http://eprints.usm.my/45028/1/Adrian%20Lim%20Hooi%20Jin24.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Elektrik & Elektronik
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language English
topic TK1-9971 Electrical engineering
Electronics
Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK1-9971 Electrical engineering
Electronics
Nuclear engineering
Adrian, Lim Hooi Jin
Improved Techniques For Power Consumption Reduction In Portable Two-Way Radio
description In the two-way portable radios market, long battery life has become an essential and critical customer requirement for communication during critical public safety or rescue missions. Thus, in tandem with this need, various researches have been conducted by industry players to reduce the power consumption of the design with minimum sacrifices on product performance. This thesis presents various key techniques that can be adopted into the design of portable two ways radio to reduce the overall power consumptions of radio in three main areas in the portable radio architecture from system level perspective; DC power supply topology for CMOS based processor, LCD and keypad backlighting system and RF sections at idle mode. In the DC power supply topology for CMOS based processor area, two techniques were identified to optimize the overall efficiency of the power distribution network by minimizing the power conversion lost in the multiple power conversion line up and utilization of single and direct conversion in the portable radio architecture to save up to 58% of power at battery input and prolonging the battery life of the portable two-way radio by another 2.23 hours. Meanwhile, in the LCD and keypad backlighting system, three techniques are identified to reduce the power consumptions at battery input of up to 24% which includes careful selection of LED, light guide and power management topology to drive the LEDs in an efficient manner and prolonging the battery life of the portable two-way radio by another 0.39 hours.
format Thesis
qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level Doctorate
author Adrian, Lim Hooi Jin
author_facet Adrian, Lim Hooi Jin
author_sort Adrian, Lim Hooi Jin
title Improved Techniques For Power Consumption Reduction In Portable Two-Way Radio
title_short Improved Techniques For Power Consumption Reduction In Portable Two-Way Radio
title_full Improved Techniques For Power Consumption Reduction In Portable Two-Way Radio
title_fullStr Improved Techniques For Power Consumption Reduction In Portable Two-Way Radio
title_full_unstemmed Improved Techniques For Power Consumption Reduction In Portable Two-Way Radio
title_sort improved techniques for power consumption reduction in portable two-way radio
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Elektrik & Elektronik
publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.usm.my/45028/1/Adrian%20Lim%20Hooi%20Jin24.pdf
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