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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shih-Chieh R. Wen, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason M. Kassoff, Denver, CA (US);
Wei-Han Lien, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3228 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 1/3278 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and a method which include one or more processors, a memory coupled to at least one of the processors, a communication link coupled to the memory, and a power management unit. The power management unit may be configured to detect an inactive state of at least one of the processors. The power management unit may be configured to disable the communication link at a time after the processor enters the inactive state, and disable the memory at another time after the processor enters the inactive state.