I'm in Automated Home technologies - I need to install a reciever unit (RF -
FCC approved freq.) which will "lay low" and not tax the snot out of
batteries.

For example: Your RC cars which you purchase from WalMart - use a chip that
quickly eats the batteries up.
Cell Phones are polling the stations constantly and tax the batteries up.,

I need an IC that will LAY LOW / SLEEP - perhaps look every 1 second for a
signal and STARTUP at that point. My unit is a simple 4.5V DC operated
motor that I wish to trigger RIGHT/LEFT perhaps only once / month! My unit
is to be installed and the batteries would be a major pain to replace -
would destroy sales of unit.

Cell phones (I would think) should seek this kind of technology - that is,
only "peek" once in a while for the data and sleep the remainder of the
time. But perhaps, Cell Phones have much more "to do" than my simple
application.

I am simply "opening and closing" a small door with a small DC motor. But
my issue is that all the RF Reciever IC's I've investigated are BUZY BUZY -
They eat up a pair of 'AA' batteries in 1 Month with conservative
circuitry - that unaccacceptable for my applicaction.

If anyone knows of an RF Reciever IC that has this "sleep" ability built
in - it would be RADICALLY appreciated !!!!!

What about simple pager units??? Are they "charge me charge me charge
me"???

Why aren''t the engineers considering the "look occasionally for
data/signal" condition instead of constantly looking at the freq: which they
are triggered at?

Best Regards to all
Walt