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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
May. 10, 2007
Sandeep Jain, Milpitas, CA (US);
David Wyatt, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Shi, San Jose, CA (US);
Animesh Mishra, Pleasanton, CA (US);
John Halbert, Beaverton, OR (US);
Melik Isbara, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Sandeep Jain, Milpitas, CA (US);
David Wyatt, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Shi, San Jose, CA (US);
Animesh Mishra, Pleasanton, CA (US);
John Halbert, Beaverton, OR (US);
Melik Isbara, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The temperature for multiple devices of a memory module are determined. In one example a memory module includes a printed circuit board, a plurality of memory chips on the printed circuit board, each chip containing a plurality of memory cells and a thermal sensor, and a multiplexer on the printed circuit board, independent of the memory chips, coupled to each of the thermal sensors. A current source is coupled to the multiplexer to provide a current to each one of the thermal sensors, and a voltage detector is coupled to the multiplexer to detect a voltage from each of the thermal sensors when a current is applied. A temperature circuit is coupled to the voltage detector to determine a temperature for each memory chip based on the detected voltage.