Patent ID: 8513575

Claim:
A method for controlling operating temperature of high powered devices, the method comprising: monitoring a temperature of one or more components of an electronic device relative to a lowest operating temperature threshold for the one or more components; prior to applying system power to and initiating operation of at least one component that has a temperature below its lowest operating temperature threshold, triggering an application of activation power to one or more other components that exhibit leakage characteristics resulting in heat dissipation via quiescent leakage current, wherein the at least one component is heated, via the quiescent leakage current heat dissipation, to a temperature that is at or above the lowest operating temperature threshold for that component; in response to detecting that one or more junction temperatures within the device are below the operational level, increasing the power supply voltage level to one of a maximum operating level and a preset offset below the maximum operating level, in order to increase a rate of self heat dissipation; restoring the power supply voltage to an optimal operating level and initializing the processor device in response to the junction temperatures reaching or being above the operational temperature threshold; and enabling general system power to be applied to the at least one component and subsequent operation of the at least one component only when a measured temperature of the at least one component is at or above the lowest operating temperature.