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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Jack D. Pippin, Portland, OR (US);
Inventor:
Jack D. Pippin, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fail-safe thermal sensor is implemented in an integrated circuit such as a microprocessor. The fail-safe thermal sensor monitors the temperature of the integrated circuit and halt logic halts operation of the integrated circuit in response to the fail-safe thermal sensor indicating that a threshold temperature has been exceeded. The threshold temperature may be a predetermined fixed critical temperature. The halt logic may inhibit operation of the integrated circuit by stopping a clock for the integrated circuit.