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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Ju-beam Lee, Osan-si, KR;
Ho-joong Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Un-bong Yang, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for current control in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a monitoring unit for measuring a total required current amount that is the sum of current amounts required by respective components of the mobile terminal and detecting whether the total required current amount is greater than a limit threshold value; and a power distribution unit for searching the supply current amounts using a current distribution table when detecting through the monitoring unit that the total required current amount is greater than the limit threshold value, and controlling the power supply unit to supply current to the respective components according to the searched supply current amounts.