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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thanunathan Rangarajan, Bangalore, IN;
Rahul Khanna, Portland, OR (US);
Richard Marian Thomaiyar, Trichy, IN;
Minh T Le, North Plains, OR (US);
Assignee:
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 21/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 21/02 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a processor includes a thermoelectric cooling (TEC) controller to obtain a platform cooling level associated with the processor; obtain a temperature associated with the processor; calculate a TEC power level based at least in part on the platform cooling level and the temperature; and provide the TEC power level to a TEC device associated with the processor, wherein the TEC device is to transfer heat from the processor to a heat sink. Other embodiments are described and claimed.