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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
M. Abid Hussain, Cupertino, CA (US);
Amado Caliboso, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Quoi Huynh, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
TelCom Semiconductor, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/700 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for monitoring a thermal state of a system includes a thermal management integrated circuit (IC). The thermal management IC is coupled to receive a remote temperature signal. The remote temperature signal is indicative of a system temperature. The thermal management IC includes a software programmable temperature threshold setpoint, and a hardware programmable temperature critical threshold setpoint.