EP 1 274 223 A1 Europaisches Patentamt European Patent Office Office européen des brevets (12) (43) Date of publication: 08.01.2003. Bulletin 2003/02 (21) Application number: 01202625.8 (22) Date of fling: 06.07.2001 (tt) EP 1 274 223 Al EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION (61) Invi: HO4M 19/08, HO4M 1/02, HO1L 31/042, HO1L 31/048, HO1L 31/058 (84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FIFR GBGRIEITLILU MC NL PT SETR Designated Extension States: ALLT LV MK RO SI (71) Applicant: Mokhtari, Hatem 1081 Bruxelles (BE) (72) Inventor: Mokhtari, Hatem 1081 Bruxelles (BE) (54) (67) Nowadays mobile phones have become wide: spread over the entire globe, where users can make calls, send short messages and even browse the inter: net using UMTS. There is a clear market need in con: tinuously improving thelr design and versatility. GSM system for example is designed to cope with the cus- tomer requirements in terms of baltery consumption from one hand and quality of service from the other hand. With the forthcoming emerging technologies such ‘as GPRS and UMTS the users wil need more and more battery life due to the continuous data transmission over Built-in solar cells for mobile phone terminals the Air Interface. In fact Data terminals will require a ful power usage unlike in speech applications where DTX or Discontinuous Transmission is normally implemented in all Mobile Speech Systems, Moreover with the UMTS. terminals users might use video conferencing facile, which willbe more cftcal for battery consumption be cause not only of Data transiting Uplinks and Downlinks butof LCD Screens consumption as well. With this built in solar cell system, Mobile Phone Users willbe able to charge their battary phones almost everywhere there is suffciant light : in trains, airplanes, on the beach in mountains, in shopping malls, etc Rotating flips Xv wa wooo HONDO, | COUMO| | OODOO | oMDoOO er