received by the International Bureau on 7 September 2016 (07.09.2016)

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a plurality of electronic circuits comprising a first electronic circuit and a second electronic circuit; and

a processor configured to control at least one of the first electronic circuit or the second electronic circuit depending on at least one parameter indicating thermal properties of the first electronic circuit and a predetermined parameter indicating a thermal interdependency between the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to control at least one of the first electronic circuit or the second electronic circuit depending on at least one parameter indicating thermal properties of the second electronic circuit.

3. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the first electronic circuit comprises the processor.

4. (Amended) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one temperature sensor to measure the temperature of at least a portion of at least one of the first electronic circuit or the second electronic circuit

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5. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to control the second electronic circuit depending on at least one parameter indicating thermal properties of the first electronic circuit.

6. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the processor is configured to control the first electronic circuit to vary the performance of the first electronic circuit.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a memory configured to store information about thermal properties of the first electronic circuit, thermal properties of the second electronic circuit and thermal interdependency between the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit.

8. The electronic device of claim 7,

wherein the memory is configured to store information about thermal properties of each electronic circuit of the plurality of electronic circuits.

9. The electronic device of claim 7,

wherein the memory is configured to store information about thermal interdependencies between all the electronic circuits of the plurality of electronic circuits.

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10. The electronic device of claim 7,

wherein the memory is further configured to store, for at least the first electronic circuit, an electronic circuit throttling scheme including instructions to change the functionality of the first electronic circuit, to thereby change the power consumption of the first electronic circuit.

11. The electronic device of claim 10,

wherein the memory is further configured to store, for each electronic circuit of the plurality of electronic circuits, a respective electronic circuit throttling scheme including instructions to change the functionality of the respective electronic circuit, to thereby change the power consumption of the respective electronic circuit.

12. The electronic device of claim 11,

wherein the memory is configured to store information about thermal properties of each electronic circuit of the plurality of electronic circuits;

wherein the memory is configured to store information about thermal interdependencies between all the electronic circuits of the plurality of electronic circuits;

wherein the processor is further configured to

determine a temperature of at least a part of the electronic device;

determine a cooling scheme based on the

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stored information about thermal interdependencies between all the electronic circuits of the plurality of electronic circuits; and the stored plurality of electronic circuit throttling schemes;

control at least the first electronic circuit in accordance with the determined cooling scheme based on the determined temperature of at least a part of the electronic device.

The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the plurality of electronic circuits comprises a third electronic circuit; wherein the processor is further configured to control the first electronic circuit depending on a parameter indicating a thermal interdependency between the first electronic circuit and the third electronic circuit.

14. The electronic device of claim 13,

wherein the processor is further configured to control the first electronic circuit depending on a predetermined or directly measured parameter indicating a thermal interdependency between the first electronic circuit and the third electronic circuit.

15. The electronic device of claim 13,

72 wherein the processor is further configured to control the first electronic circuit depending on at least one parameter indicating thermal properties of the third electronic circuit.

16. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the at least one parameter indicating thermal properties of the first electronic circuit comprises at least one parameter from a group of parameters consisting of:

a parameter indicating thermal properties for heat capacity of at least a portion of the first electronic circuit;

a parameter indicating thermal properties for thermal resistance of at least a portion of the first electronic circuit;

a temperature of at least a portion of the first electronic circuit; a change of a temperature of at least a portion of the first electronic circuit; and

workload for the first electronic circuit.

17. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the plurality of electronic circuits comprises at least one electronic circuit from a group of electronic circuits consisting of:

a modem;

an amplifier circuit;

a high frequency circuit;

73 a mobile radio baseband circuit;

a memory circuit;

a radio access technology circuit; and

a power management circuit.

18. A mobile radio communication device, comprising:

an electronic device of claim 1 ; and

at least one antenna electrically coupled to at least one of the first electronic circuit or the second electronic circuit.

1 . A method of controlling an electronic device comprising a plurality of electronic circuits having a first electronic circuit and a second electronic circuit, the method comprising:

determining a temperature of at least a part of the electronic device;

controlling the first electronic circuit depending on at least one parameter indicating thermal properties of the first electronic circuit, a predetermined parameter indicating a thermal interdependency between the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit and the determined temperature of at least a part of the electronic device.

20. The method of claim 19,

wherein the first electronic circuit is further controlled depending on at least one parameter indicating thermal properties of the second electronic circuit.

21. The method of claim 19,

wherein the controlling the first electronic circuit comprises varying the performance of the first electronic circuit.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

storing, for at least the first electronic circuit, an electronic circuit throttling scheme including instructions to change the functionality of the first electronic circuit, to thereby change the power consumption of the first electronic circuit.

23. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

storing, for at least some electronic circuits of the plurality of electronic circuits, a respective electronic circuit throttling scheme including instructions to change the functionality of the respective electronic circuit, to thereby change the power consumption of the respective electronic circuit.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

storing information about thermal properties of each electronic circuit of the plurality of electronic circuits;

storing information about thermal interdependencies between all the electronic circuits of the plurality of electronic circuits;

determining a temperature of at least a part of the electronic device;

determining a cooling scheme based on the stored information about thermal properties of each electronic circuit of the plurality of electronic circuits;

stored information about thermal interdependencies between all the electronic circuits of the plurality of electronic circuits; and

the stored plurality of electronic circuit throttling schemes;

control at least the first electronic circuit in accordance with the determined cooling scheme based on the determined temperature of at least a part of the electronic device.

The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one parameter indicating thermal properties of the first electronic circuit comprises at least one parameter from a group of parameters consisting of:

a parameter indicating thermal properties for heat capacity of at least a portion of the first electronic circuit;

a parameter indicating thermal properties for thermal resistance of at least a portion of the first electronic circuit;

a temperature of at least a portion of the first electronic circuit;

a change of a temperature of at least a portion of the first electronic circuit; and

workload for the first electronic circuit.

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