Method of controlling the number of revolutions of fan in electronic device
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a number of revolutions of forced-air-cooling fans in an electronic device having a plurality of circuit boards and the forced-air-cooling fans discharging the heat generated from the plurality of circuit boards through ventilation, and each of which is equipped with a filter, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining an optimal number of revolutions for each fan from a relation between an accumulated time of use of the filter and a power consumption of the plurality of circuit boards mounted in the electronic device; and
controlling a driving current of a forced-air-cooling fan such that the number of the revolutions becomes the obtained number of revolutions.
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Abstract
An electric device is provided that can provide an electronic device capable of maintaining the temperature in an apparatus approximately constant at a low cost without installing any temperature sensor. In a method of controlling the number of revolutions of forced-air-cooling fans in an electronic device having a plurality of circuit boards and the forced-air-cooling fans that discharge the heat generated from the plurality of circuit boards through ventilation, and each of which is equipped with a filter, the optimal number of revolutions for each fan is obtained from the relation between the accumulated time of use of the filter and the power consumption of the plurality of circuit boards mounted in the electronic device and a driving current of the forced-air-cooling fans is controlled such that the number of the revolutions becomes the obtained number of revolutions.
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6 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a number of revolutions of forced-air-cooling fans in an electronic device having a plurality of circuit boards and the forced-air-cooling fans discharging the heat generated from the plurality of circuit boards through ventilation, and each of which is equipped with a filter, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining an optimal number of revolutions for each fan from a relation between an accumulated time of use of the filter and a power consumption of the plurality of circuit boards mounted in the electronic device; and controlling a driving current of a forced-air-cooling fan such that the number of the revolutions becomes the obtained number of revolutions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An electronic device comprising:
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a plurality of slots each capable of being mounted with a circuit board; a forced-air-cooling fan equipped with a filter, that is respectively equipped corresponding to a pre-determined slot in the plurality of slots; a fan card having identification information of the filter; a unit that is inputted with the identification information of the filter read from the fan card and obtains an accumulated time of use of the filter corresponding to the identification information; a unit that is inputted with information on the circuit boards mounted in the plurality of slots and obtains a power consumption corresponding to the circuit boards mounted; and a unit that obtains a number of revolutions of the forced-air-cooling fan to be set, from a relation between the obtained accumulated time of use of the filter and the power consumption corresponding to the circuit boards mounted. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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