Surface temperature management method of mobile device and memory thermal management method of multichip package

• US 10,198,049 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2017
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Heungkyu, Kim, Jae Choon, Cho, Eunseok, Kim, Jichul
• Primary Examiner(s): Verbitsky, Gail Kaplan
• Application Number:
  US15/459,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20170185119A1
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/10 using electric radiation detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/206 comprising thermal management

Abstract

A surface temperature management method of mobile device is provided. The method includes sensing a temperature of an application processor in an operation mode of the mobile device; and controlling the application processor using the sensed temperature and a surface temperature management table to manage a surface temperature of a target part of the mobile device. The surface temperature management table includes information related to the temperature of the application processor corresponding to the surface temperature of the target part in the operation mode.

Claims

1. A method for managing a surface temperature of a mobile device, the method comprising:

directly sensing a junction temperature of an application processor in the mobile device;

indirectly sensing a temperature of a target part in the mobile device using a surface temperature management table; and

controlling an operation frequency of the application processor, based on the junction temperature and the temperature of the target part,

wherein the controlling the operation frequency of the application processor includes;

determining a first reference surface temperature, using the surface temperature management table;

comparing the temperature of the target part with the first reference surface temperature; and

adjusting the operation frequency, based on a first result of the comparing the temperature of the target part with the first reference surface temperature.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the directly sensing the junction temperature includes sensing the junction temperature by a temperature measurement unit.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the temperature measurement unit includes a thermal sensor.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the surface temperature management table includes temperature information of the target part, the temperature information being sensed by an infrared sensor, based on an operation mode in the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the target part includes any one or any combination of a housing, display panel, a touch screen, a window material, and a specific internal component.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the target part is determined based on an operation mode in the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein a size of a surface area in the target part does not change according to an operation mode in the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein a size of a surface area in the target part changes according to an operation mode in the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the surface temperature management table includes surface area information relative to the surface area in the target part.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the operation mode includes one of a game mode, an image capturing mode, a web browsing mode, and a video play mode.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first reference surface temperature is variable according to an operation mode in the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting the operation frequency includes decreasing the operation frequency when the temperature of the target part is greater than the first reference surface temperature.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling the operation frequency of the application processor includes:

determining a second reference surface temperature, using the surface temperature management table;

comparing the temperature of the target part with the first reference surface temperature and the second reference surface temperature, respectively, and

wherein the adjusting the operation frequency includes adjusting the operation frequency, based on a second result of the comparing the temperature of the target part with the first reference surface temperature and the second reference surface temperature, respectively.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the adjusting the operation frequency includes:

increasing the operation frequency when the temperature of the target part is greater than the first reference surface temperature; and

decreasing the operation frequency when the temperature of the target part is greater than the second reference surface temperature.

15. A mobile device comprising:

a display panel;

a touch screen;

a power supply;

a printed circuit board; and

a housing configured to store the display panel, the touch screen, the power supply and the printed circuit board,

wherein the printed circuit board includes an application processor, and

wherein the application processor is configured to;

directly sense a junction temperature of the application processor, by a temperature measurement unit;

indirectly sense a temperature of a target part in the mobile device using a surface temperature management table;

controls an operation frequency of the application processor, based on the junction temperature and the temperature of the target part;

determine a first reference surface temperature, using the surface temperature management table;

compare the temperature of the target part with the first reference surface temperature; and

adjust the operation frequency, based on a result of the temperature of the target part being compared with the first reference surface temperature.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the surface temperature management table includes surface temperature information, application processor temperature information, application processor operation frequency control information and frame rate control information, in accordance with an operation mode.

17. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the application processor is further configured to:

determine a second reference surface temperature, using the surface temperature management table;

compare the temperature of the target part with the first reference surface temperature and the second reference surface temperature, respectively, and

adjust the operation frequency, based on the temperature of the target part being compared with the first reference surface temperature and the second reference surface temperature, respectively.

18. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the target part is any one or any combination of the display panel, the touch screen, the power supply, the printed circuit board, and the housing.