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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2008
Applicant:
Jang Geun OH, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Jang Geun Oh, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for throttling a clock of a bus used for data exchange between devices in a computer such as a portable computer or notebook. Methods according to the invention can set a throttle rate of a clock to a predetermined initial value, detect a current remaining battery capacity or a current load to the CPU, and adjust the set throttle rate to a prescribed or calculated value according to the detected remaining battery capacity or the CPU load. Thus, power consumption is reduced, and, in the case of a battery-powered computer, battery life and operating time are extended.