Patent ID: 8996192
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A circuit device board comprising: a plurality of circuits; a plurality of temperature sensors; a thermal management unit; and a printed circuit board wherein the plurality of temperature sensors are communicatively coupled to the thermal management unit and at least one of the plurality of circuits is controllably coupled to the thermal management unit; and wherein the thermal management unit comprises a thermal monitor unit configured to receive thermal data from the plurality of temperature sensors and to determine a thermal condition at a plurality of thermal reference points based on the received thermal data, the thermal reference points defining a plurality of thermal regions; wherein at least one of the plurality of thermal reference points is spaced away from each of the plurality of temperature sensors; wherein the thermal monitor unit is further configured to make a first corrective response to modify a first condition in a first thermal region; wherein the thermal monitor unit is further configured to make a second corrective response to modify a second condition in a second thermal region; and wherein the first corrective response and the second corrective response are independent.