Patent ID: 9625963
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H03K,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: summing a system thermal resistance for a system including an integrated circuit having a clocked circuit and a device thermal resistance for the integrated circuit to determine a total thermal resistance for the system, wherein the system includes a housing surrounding the integrated circuit, and wherein the system thermal resistance depends upon a thermal conductivity of the housing and is independent of the device thermal resistance for the integrated circuit; determining a maximum power consumption for the clocked circuit responsive to the total thermal resistance for the system; determining a performance setting for the clocked circuit that does not exceed the maximum power consumption at the thermal limit, wherein the clocked circuit comprises a processor, and wherein the determined performance setting comprises a power supply voltage setting for the processor; and configuring the processor to operate according to the determined performance setting.