Patent ID: 8862278
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G05D,G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: sensing, by a power supply, a location address that corresponds to a physical location of the power supply within an electronic system, thus providing a sensed location address, the electronic system including a plurality of power supply locations with respective location addresses; selecting, by the power supply, one of a plurality of thermal profiles based on the sensed location address to provide a selected thermal profile; sensing, by the power supply, a local environmental condition of the power supply, thus providing sensed local environmental condition information; and activating, by the power supply, a cooling element associated with the power supply in response to the selected thermal profile and the sensed local environmental condition, the power supply instructing the cooling element to provide an amount of cooling dependent on both the selected thermal profile and the sensed environmental condition.