Patent ID: 8785823

Claim:
A host device comprising: an integrated circuit (IC) component that operates above a lowest operational temperature threshold, which represents a temperature at and above which the IC component is required to be at before operation of the IC component; and a temperature control subsystem having: an embedded thermal sensor that detects a current temperature of the IC component and when the current temperature of the IC component is below the lowest operational temperature threshold; and a heater embedded within a heat sink of the host device that is selectively activated to generate heat, which increases the current temperature of the IC component, wherein the heater provides automatic preheating of the IC component from the current temperature below the lowest operational temperature threshold to a higher temperature above the lowest operational temperature threshold prior to initiating an operation of the IC component, wherein the heater is a heater coil, and wherein the embedded thermal sensor is attached to the IC component and the heat sink; wherein the automatic preheating is accomplished by component self-heating via pre-operation power dissipation from the IC component and one or more other components of the host device and heating via the embedded heater.