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Mobile Phone – An Historical Perspective

Prof Ely LevineAfeka Academic College of Engineering

31.03.2014

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1922 Chicago Police Time Magazine

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1940 US Army Signal Corps Time Magazine

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1959 Post Office UK Time Magazine

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1972 London Time Magazine

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1983 Martin Cooper Time Magazine

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1988 Frank Piccard Time Magazine

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1997 Philips Synergy Time Magazine

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1999 Barbie Fashion Time Magazine

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2000 Panasonic Game Time Magazine

112005 Live Concert Time Magazine

122006 Tourism in Indonesia Time Magazine

132006 Hawking in Ramallah Time Magazine

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2007 Texting Time Magazine

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2008 I-phone Time Magazine

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Mobile Phone – Hand-Held Evolution

SCR-194Portable AM radio

SCR-536Handie Talkie

1938 1942

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1940

SCR-300Tactical Radio

1946

BellMobile Telephone

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1956 1964

EricssonMobile Telephone

BellMobile Telephone

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1983

Martin Cooper and Motorola…

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1984 1984

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19961989

Still, Motorola…

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19991998

Camera - who needs it?

Antenna - where is it?

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20112002

Microsoft Pocket PC I Phone

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Transmitter

Receiver

Early FM Radio

Mobile Phone – A Technical Perspective

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Transmitter

Transmitter

Analog Radio

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Digital Radio : Antenna, RF and BB

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RF Section of Digital Radio

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Digital Radio

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What next?

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What next?

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