Patent ID: 7076234
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method in a wireless communications unit for reducing peak current levels, the method comprising: providing a means for selectively supplying a first current to a first function and a second current to a second function; determining that the first current can be intermittently interrupted without adversely effecting a utility of the first function; and supplying the second current to the second function and interrupting the first current to the first function when the first current can be intermittently interrupted without adversely effecting the utility of the first function, wherein: the providing a means further comprises providing a means for selectively supplying a third current to a third function; the determining that the first current can be intermittently interrupted without adversely effecting a utility of the first function further comprises determining that the third current can be intermittently interrupted without adversely effecting a utility of the third function; and the supplying the second current to the second function and interrupting the first current to the first function when the first current can be intermittently interrupted without adversely effecting the utility of the first function further comprises interrupting one of the first current to the first function and the third current to the third function while the second current is supplied to the second function.