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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2015
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Rajat Mittal, San Diego, CA (US);
Mehdi Saeidi, San Diego, CA (US);
Arpit Mittal, San Diego, CA (US);
Emil Rahim, Santa Clara, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a temperature management system comprises a plurality of temperature sensors on a chip, and a temperature manager. The temperature manager is configured to receive a plurality of temperature readings from the temperature sensors, to determine a plurality of power values based on the temperature readings, to determine a plurality of temperature values based on the determined power values, the determined temperature values corresponding to a plurality of different locations on the chip, and to estimate a temperature of a hotspot on the chip based on the determined temperature values.