Patent ID: 7899434

Claim:
A communication device comprising: a voice data and RF integrated circuit (IC) that includes: a plurality of wireless transceivers for contemporaneously communicating RF signals in accordance with a plurality of wireless protocols; a memory module that stores a least one application as a plurality of operational instructions, the at least one application having a plurality of power modes that each correspond to one of a plurality of use characteristics; and a processing module, coupled to the memory module and the plurality of wireless transceivers, that executes the plurality of operational instructions and that determines a selected one of the plurality of power modes based on current use characteristics of the at least one application, and that generates a power mode signal based on the selected one of the plurality of power modes; an off-chip power management circuit, coupled to the voice data and RF IC, that receives the power mode signal and that generates a plurality of power supply signals to the voice data and RF IC based on the power mode signal, wherein the off-chip power management circuit adjusts a supply voltage in response to the power mode signal.