Patent ID: 9377830
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A processor, comprising: a thermal management unit configured to analyze a first thermal data output from thermal sensors, generate a first analysis data, select a first channel of a plurality of channels based on the first analysis data and transmit the first analysis data through the first channel; an interrupt controller configured to generate a first interrupt signal based on the first analysis data received from the first channel; a power management unit configured to generate a first voltage control signal in response to the first interrupt signal; and a voltage supply circuit configured to interrupt a voltage supplied to at least one target power domain in response to the first voltage control signal, wherein the plurality of channels is configured to connect between the thermal management unit and the interrupt controller, wherein the interrupt controller is configured to transmit the first interrupt signal to a CPU, if the first thermal data indicates a temperature that is not above a first threshold temperature, and wherein the interrupt controller is configured to transmit a third interrupt signal directly to the power management unit instead of transmitting the first interrupt signal to the CPU, if the first thermal data indicates a temperature that is above the first threshold temperature.