Hardware-based power management of functional blocks

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2011-07-19

2011-07-19

Phan, Raymond N (Department: 2111)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Computer power control

Having power source monitoring

C713S324000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07984317

ABSTRACT:
A system and method is disclosed for efficiently managing power distribution among the various functional blocks used within portable electronic devices. The method includes allowing each functional block to be independently controlled, containing its own low-level software and power controls for setting the local power state of the functional block. For each power control domain in the implementation, hardware uses these local power states and sets the actual operating state of the power control domain accordingly.

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