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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2011
Soo-hyung Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dae-chul Kang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae-ho Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hai-min Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Soo-Hyung Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dae-Chul Kang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae-Ho Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hai-Min Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for reducing current consumption in a portable terminal are provided, in which upon generation of a task, a controller transitions to a Virtual Maximum Clock (VMC) level and changes a clock level from the VMC level according to a load state of the controller, to process the task. Moreover, the controller changes the clock level by at least one of transition from the VMC level to an RMC level, a stepwise increase from the VMC level, a stepwise decrease from the VMC level, and a hold at the VMC level, according to the load state of the controller.