Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for controlling a frequency of a clock signal to control power consumption and a device having power consumption capabilities
- Patent Title (中): 用于控制时钟信号的频率以控制功率消耗的方法和具有功耗能力的装置
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Application No.: US12355218Application Date: 2009-01-16
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Publication No.: US08181049B2Publication Date: 2012-05-15
- Inventor: Anton Rozen , Roman Mostinski , Michael Priel
- Applicant: Anton Rozen , Roman Mostinski , Michael Priel
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32

Abstract:
A method for controlling power consumption of a processor, the method includes: receiving an indicator that indicates that the processor is expected to change its activity; determining, in response to the indicator and to a current power consumption of the processor, whether to change a frequency of a clock signal that is provided to the processor; and changing, if determining to change the frequency of the clock signal, the frequency of the clock signal by a reduction of the frequency of the clock signal that is followed by an increment of the frequency of the clock signal; wherein the changing of the frequency of the clock signal is responsive to an expected change of a supply voltage that is supplied to the processor as a result of a possible change in a power consumption of the processor due to an expected change of activity of the processor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100185878A1 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMPTION AND A DEVICE HAVING POWER CONSUMPTION CAPABILITIES Public/Granted day:2010-07-22
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