Patent ID: 7971086

Claim:
A system for activating and deactivating a hardware device and comprising: a first stage electronic deactivation unit operative, responsive to a deactivation request, to perform a first deactivation operation comprising deactivation of a first portion of the hardware device having low wake-up latency at a first time t 1 ; and a second stage electronic deactivation unit including a breaking distance timer activated subsequently to said deactivation request thereby to time a breaking distance t 2 -t 1 , the second stage electronic deactivation unit being operative to deactivate a second portion of the hardware device having high wake-up latency at a subsequent second time separated from said first time t 1 by said breaking distance t 2 -t 1 , wherein said first stage electronic deactivation unit is operative, responsive to a wake-up event, to reactivate the first portion of the hardware device, and wherein said second stage electronic deactivation unit is operative, responsive to the wake-up event, to deactivate the breaking distance timer.