Patent ID: 8767399

Claim:
A cooling system for an electronic device comprising: a frame; a plurality of electronic devices disposed in the frame and operating or functioning independently from each other; a fan disposed in the frame and supplying cooling air to the plurality of electronic devices for cooling the plurality of electronic devices; a temperature acquiring portion disposed in the frame and acquiring temperature information of the cooling air supplied to each of the electronic devices; an air-flow resistance adjusting portion disposed in the frame and adjusting the resistance to a flow of the cooling air supplied to the each electronic device; and a controller for controlling the fan and the each air-flow resistance adjusting portion, wherein the controller determines each target cooling air volume required for cooling the each electronic device to a predetermined temperature based on temperature information acquired by the temperature acquiring portion and heat generation information on the each electronic device, controls the each air-flow resistance adjusting portion to set the volume of cooling air supplied by the fan to the each target cooling air volume, and performs the drive control of the fan to set the volume of cooling air supplied by the fan to the minimum necessary.