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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2004
Tawfik Arabi, Tigard, OR (US);
Hung-piao MA, Portland, OR (US);
Benson D. Inkley, North Plains, OR (US);
Gregory M. Iovino, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Stephen H. Gunther, Beaverton, OR (US);
Matthew C. Reilly, Seaside, OR (US);
Tawfik Arabi, Tigard, OR (US);
Hung-Piao Ma, Portland, OR (US);
Benson D. Inkley, North Plains, OR (US);
Gregory M. Iovino, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Stephen H. Gunther, Beaverton, OR (US);
Matthew C. Reilly, Seaside, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An on-die temperature control variable is provided to throttle a thermal actuator for cooling an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a storage element to hold the temperature control variable. A temperature sensor is thermally coupled to the integrated circuit to sense an operating temperature of the integrated circuit. A thermal controller is communicatively coupled to the storage element and to the temperature sensor. The thermal controller throttles the thermal actuator when the temperature sensor indicates that the operating temperature of the integrated circuit is below the temperature control variable.