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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2012
Jon J. Anderson, Boulder, CO (US);
Ron F. Alton, Oceanside, CA (US);
Praveen Kumar Chidambaram, Longmont, CO (US);
Joshua D. Thielen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jon J. Anderson, Boulder, CO (US);
Ron F. Alton, Oceanside, CA (US);
Praveen Kumar Chidambaram, Longmont, CO (US);
Joshua D. Thielen, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of methods and systems for thermally aware booting in a portable computing device ('PCD') are disclosed. Because bringing high power consumption processing components online when a PCD is booted under less than ideal thermal conditions can be detrimental to the health of the PCD, embodiments leverage a low power processing component early in a boot sequence to authorize, delay or modify the boot sequence based on measured thermal indicators. One exemplary method is essentially a 'go/no go' method that delays or authorizes completion of a boot sequence based on the thermal indicator measurements. Another exemplary method modifies a boot sequence of a PCD based on a thermal boot policy associated with a thermal boot state. A thermal boot policy may include allowing the boot sequence to complete by modifying the power frequency to which one or more high power consumption components will be booted.