Patent ID: 9647489
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H02J

Claim:
1. A method of an electronic device including a plurality of modules and a power supply, the method comprising: obtaining a first characteristic of the power supply; comparing the first characteristic to a first threshold; receiving a first power request for a first module of the plurality of modules; receiving a second power request for a second module of the plurality of modules; determining, at a peak power manager, whether the first power request is associated with the first module performing a first function or a second function, different from the first function; assigning, at the peak power manager, a respective power budget to the first module based on the comparison of the first characteristic to the first threshold and the determination of whether the first power request is associated with the first module performing the first function or the second function, wherein: assigning, at the peak power manager, a second power budget to the second module based on the respective power budget; and drawing power at the first module based on the respective power budget, and at the second module based on the second power budget.