Advanced thermal sensing circuit and test techniques used in a high performance 65nm processor

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 304-309

  Duarte, David E ^a   Taylor, Greg ^a   Wong, Keng L ^a   Mughal, Usman ^a   Geannopoulos, George ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog design; Sensor calibration error; Temperature sensing; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

ANALOG DESIGN; ERROR CALIBRATION; MICROPROCESSOR THROTTLING; SENSOR CALIBRATION ERROR; THERMAL DESIGN;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

EID: 36948998952     PISSN: 15334678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1283780.1283845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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