METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TEMPERATURE-CONTROL FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT

• US 20070296408A1
• Filed: 12/11/2006
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Original Assignee: Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Inventors: Liao, Tse-Hsine, Kao, Ting-Kuo
• Granted Patent: US 7,836,717 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/224
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1931 to control the temperature of one space
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/206 comprising thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A method and a system of temperature-control for an electronic component are provided, in which a plurality of temperature sensors is disposed in each area of the electronic component. The temperature-control method includes obtaining a plurality of sensed temperature values; looking up a temperature-control table recording the relationship between a temperature-control threshold and a temperature-control operation set for each area; selecting the temperature-control operation corresponding to sensed temperature values greater than the temperature-control thresholds depending on the temperature-control table; and starting the temperature-control operation to make the sensed temperature values being lower than or equal to the temperature-control thresholds.

Claims

1. A method of temperature-control for an electronic component, wherein a plurality of temperature sensors is disposed in each area of an electronic component, the method comprising:

obtaining a plurality of sensed temperature values of each area;

looking up a temperature-control table recording the relationship between a temperature-control threshold and a temperature-control operation set for each area;

selecting the temperature-control operation corresponding to sensed temperature values greater than the temperature-control thresholds depending on the temperature-control table; and

starting the temperature-control operation to make the sensed temperature values being lower than or equal to the temperature-control thresholds.

2. The method of temperature-control for an electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the temperature-control operation is one selected from a group consisting of a first fan control, a second fan control, an operating performance control of a central processing unit (CPU) , a third fan control, a fourth fan control, and an output current balance control of a power supply.

3. The method of temperature-control for an electronic component according to claim 2, wherein the operating performance control of the CPU is achieved by throttling control of the CPU.

4. The method of temperature-control for an electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the method is integrated into a computer program.

5. The method of temperature-control for an electronic component according to claim 4, wherein the computer program is stored within a computer hard disk.

6. The method of temperature-control for an electronic component according to claim 4, wherein a user interface of the computer program is an icon selection interface.

7. A method of temperature-control for an electronic component, wherein a plurality of temperature sensors is disposed in each area of an electronic component, the method comprising:

obtaining a plurality of sensed temperature values of each area;

starting a first-stage temperature-control operation when one of the sensed temperature values of each area is greater than a temperature-control threshold;

starting a second-stage temperature-control operation when the sensed temperature values of adjacent areas are different; and

starting a third-stage temperature-control operation when one of the sensed temperature values in each area is greater than the temperature-control threshold, so as to make the sensed temperature values being lower than or equal to the temperature-control threshold.

8. The method of temperature-control for an electronic component according to claim 7, wherein the first-stage temperature-control operation is one selected from a group consisting of a first fan control, a second fan control, a third fan control, and a fourth fan control.

9. The method of temperature-control for an electronic component according to claim 7, wherein the second-stage temperature-control operation is an output current balance control of a power supply.

10. The method of temperature-control for an electronic component according to claim 7, wherein the third-stage temperature-control operation is an operating performance control of a CPU.

11. The method of temperature-control for an electronic component according to claim 7, wherein the method is integrated into a computer program.

12. The method of temperature-control for an electronic component according to claim 11, wherein the computer program is stored in a computer hard disk.

13. The method of temperature-control for an electronic component according to claim 11, wherein the user interface of the computer program is an icon selection interface.

14. A system of temperature-control for an electronic component, comprising:

a plurality of temperature sensors disposed in each area of an electronic component for obtaining the sensed temperature values of the electronic component;

a temperature-control table for recording the relationship between a temperature-control threshold and a temperature-control operation of each area;

a temperature analysis module for selecting the temperature-control operation corresponding to the sensed temperature values greater than the temperature-control thresholds depending on the temperature-control table; and

a temperature-control processing module for starting the selected temperature-control operation to make the sensed temperature values being lower than or equal to the temperature-control thresholds.

15. The system of temperature-control for an electronic component as claimed in claim 14, wherein the temperature sensors are selected from a group consisting of thermal couple sensors, thermal resistors, and IR sensors.

16. The system of temperature-control for an electronic component as claimed in claim 14, wherein the temperature-control operation is one selected from a group consisting of a first fan control, a second fan control, an operating performance control of a CPU, a third fan control, a fourth fan control, and an output current balance control of a power supply.

17. The system of temperature-control for an electronic component as claimed in claim 16, wherein the operating performance control of the CPU is achieved by the throttling control of the CPU.

18. The system of temperature-control for an electronic component as claimed in claim 16, wherein when the sensed temperature values of the same area are different, the output current balance control of the power supply is performed.

19. A system of temperature-control for an electronic component, comprising:

a plurality of temperature sensors disposed in each area of an electronic component of a computer mainboard for obtaining the sensed temperature values of the electronic component;

a temperature analysis module for analyzing the sensed temperature values and then generating an analysis result;

a first temperature-control processing module for starting a first-stage temperature-control operation when the analysis result shows that one of the sensed temperature values of each area is greater than a temperature-control threshold;

a second temperature-control processing module for starting a second-stage temperature-control operation when the sensed temperature values of adjacent areas are different; and

a third temperature-control processing module for starting a third-stage temperature-control operation when the analysis result shows that one of the sensed temperature values of each area is still greater than the temperature-control threshold.

20. The system of temperature-control for an electronic component as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first-stage temperature-control operation is one selected from a group consisting of a first fan control, a second fan control, a third fan control, and a fourth fan control.

21. The system of temperature-control for an electronic component as claimed in claim 19, wherein the second-stage temperature-control operation is an output current balance control of a power supply.

22. The system of temperature-control for an electronic component as claimed in claim 19, wherein the third-stage temperature-control operation is an operating performance control of a CPU.