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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Tal Kuzi, Tel Aviv, IL;
Achmed R. Zahir, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Alexander Sudakov, Oranit, IL;
Bruno W. Garlepp, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Doron Rajwan, Rishon LeZion, IL;
Inder M. Sodhi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jafar Savoj, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jung Wook Cho, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pavithra Souriraj, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes a plurality of temperature sensor circuits, placed in respective locations distributed across the integrated circuit, and a control circuit. Ones of the plurality of temperature sensor circuits may be configured to produce respective sets of temperature samples indicating an operating temperature of a respective region of the integrated circuit. The control circuit may be configured to sample, using a particular sample rate, respective temperature samples from a subset of the plurality of temperature sensor circuits. The control circuit may be further configured to determine a particular temperature estimate using one or more of the temperature samples and an operating mode of a functional circuit within the respective regions of the subset of temperature sensors. In response to a determination that the particular temperature estimate satisfies a threshold value, the control circuit may be configured to adjust the particular sample rate for subsequent temperature samples.