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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2000
Johan Uggmark, Lund, SE;
Charles Forsberg, Skurup, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A portable communication device ( ) has a plurality of electronic circuits ( ), a battery ( ) for supplying power to the circuits, a controller ( ) and a memory ( ). The controller controls the operation of at least some of the circuits by providing control signals (TX str, RX str, Synth str), for which the circuits are responsive. The memory ( ) is provided with a set of predetermined consumption figures (TxCurrent, RxCurrent, SynthCurrent) related to a respective amount of electric energy consumed by the circuits ( ) in response to a respective control signal. The device also comprises means ( ) for counting the control signals (TX str, RX str, Synth str) and for determining, by using the set of predetermined consumption figures, a value (Total_Current) representing the consumption of electric energy from the battery ( ).