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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2019
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Madhusudan Krishnan Iyengar, Foster City, CA (US);
Norman Paul Jouppi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jorge Padilla, Union City, CA (US);
Christopher Gregory Malone, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an integrated circuit (IC) with a ring-shaped hot spot area. In one aspect, an IC includes a first area along an outside perimeter of a surface of the IC. The first area defines a first inner perimeter. The IC includes a second area that includes a center of the IC and that includes a first set of components. The second area defines a first outer. The IC includes a ring-shaped hot spot area between the first area and the second area. The ring-shaped hot spot area defines a ring outer perimeter that is juxtaposed with the first inner perimeter. The ring-shaped hot spot area defines a ring inner perimeter that is juxtaposed with the first outer perimeter. The ring-shaped hot spot area includes a second set of components that produce more heat than the first set of components.