US 11,792,747 B2
Electronic devices with time domain radio-frequency exposure averaging
Sharad Sambhwani, San Diego, CA (US); Digvijay A. Jadhav, San Jose, CA (US); Dirk Nickisch, Oberpframmern (DE); Gil Katzir, Binyamina (IL); and Laxminarayana Pillutla, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,322.
Application 17/866,322 is a continuation of application No. 17/349,793, filed on Jun. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,432,249.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408378 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 52/36 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/367 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an electronic device subject to a regulatory limit on transmitted power over an averaging period, the regulatory limit having a first level when an external object is located at a first position relative to the electronic device and a second level that is lower than the first level when the external object is located at a second position relative to the electronic device, the method comprising:
with one or more antennas, transmitting radio-frequency signals at a first transmit power level that is less than the first level during a first portion of the averaging period when the external object is at the first position relative to the electronic device; and
with the one or more antennas, transmitting radio-frequency signals at a second transmit power level that exceeds the second level during a second portion of the averaging period when the external object is at the second position relative to the electronic device.