Patent ID: 7941180

Claim:
A hand held radio transceiver, comprising: wireless communication circuitry for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals, the wireless communication circuitry further including a plurality of transceiver elements; a processor module coupled to receive and generate digital communication signals from and to the wireless communication circuitry; wherein the processor module: determines to operate in one of a plurality of power modes of operation wherein at least one of the plurality of power modes of operation is a user programmable mode of operation for specifying what elements are powered during operation in the at least one user programmable power mode of operation; determines to deliver power continuously, deliver power intermittently, or to not deliver power to each of the pluralities of transceiver elements, based on the determined one of the plurality of power modes of operation; and generates corresponding control signals; and power delivery circuitry operably coupled to corresponding transceiver elements and to a power source, wherein the power delivery circuitry delivers power based on the received control signals; wherein the hand held radio transceiver delivers power to elements within at least one group of elements that do not generate wireless communication signals during a first of the plurality of power modes of operation and to at least one group of transceiver elements that generate wireless communication signals in a second of the plurality of power of modes of operation.