Patent ID: 8272781

Claim:
A system comprising: a memory controller including: a storage element to store a delay value specifying a delay period; and thermal sensor control logic coupled to the storage element, the thermal sensor control logic to send an enable indication from the memory controller, the thermal sensor control logic further to send a thermal data sense indication in response to an expiration of the specified delay period after the sending the enable indication; a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device coupled with the memory controller, the DRAM device including, enable logic to receive the enable indication from the memory controller and to assert an enable signal in response to the enable indication; and an on-die thermal sensor coupled with the enable logic, wherein the enable signal is to power on the on-die thermal sensor, wherein the thermal data sense indication is to trigger a measurement by the on-die thermal sensor, wherein the delay period is based upon a set-up time for allowing the on-die thermal sensor to stabilize after powering on.