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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Bret Dee Winkler, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Mark James Hardiman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jeff Furlong, Irvine, CA (US);
Christian Khanh Phan, Cypress, CA (US);
Jeffrey James Levie, Gilbert, AZ (US);
David Allen Wright, San Tan Valley, AZ (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for thermal management in data storage devices are provided. One such data storage device includes a non-volatile memory (NVM), at least one ambient temperature sensor configured to detect an ambient temperature of the data storage device, at least one component temperature sensor configured to detect one or more component temperatures of one or more components of the data storage device, and a processor coupled to the NVM, the at least one ambient temperature sensor, and the at least one component temperature sensor. The processor is configured to determine a composite temperature of the data storage device based on the one or more component temperatures and the ambient temperature. The processor is further configured to determine whether the composite temperature exceeds a threshold and perform a thermal management operation if the composite temperature exceeds the threshold.