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Managing electrical current in a portable computing device when two or more communications overlap in drawing power during a transmission

US9223376B2 · kind B2 · utility

11Cited by

6References

36Claims

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Amy Derbyshire · Boulder, US
Francis Ming-Meng Ngai · Louisville, US
Ali Taha · San Diego, US
Eric Mikuteit · San Diego, US
Michael L. McCloud · Boulder, US
Amit Mahajan · Bound Brook, US
David Coronel · San Diego, US
Prashanth Akula · Lake Bluff, US
Todd Sutton · Del Mar, US
Hardik M Patel · San Diego, US
Hector Freires Corleto · Chandler, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Grant date	Dec 29, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 21, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/70
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for managing electrical current within a portable computing device (“PCD”) includes assigning a priority to two or more communications supported by the PCD. A present level of a power supply for the PCD may be monitored by a communications power (“CP”) manager module. Next, the CP manager module may determine if the two or more communications may be transmitted at the present level of the power supply. If the two or more communications cannot be transmitted at the present level of the power supply, then the CP manager module may determine if a timing of at least one of the communications may be adjusted. The CP manager module may also determine a theoretical power level adjustment for at least one of the communications. The two or more communications may be transmitted with any calculated timing off sets and power level adjustments.

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