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US 11,966,207 B2Granted
Storage device and temperature control of electronic device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHo-Suk Yum, Heechang Cho
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Abstract
An electronic device, which includes a host, and a storage device receiving a command from the host. The storage device processes the received command and returns, to the host, a command response indicating a result of processing the received command, and the command response includes information about an internal temperature of the storage device.
Claims12
A method for adjusting a temperature of a Universal Flash Storage, comprising:
- storing a value of an upper limit temperature and a value of a lower limit temperature of the Universal Flash Storage,
- measuring the temperature of the Universal Flash Storage by a sensor in the Universal Flash Storage,
- setting a value of a first bit when the temperature of the Universal Flash Storage is higher than the upper limit temperature,
- setting a value of a second bit when the temperature of the Universal Flash Storage is lower than the lower limit temperature,
- receiving a request from an application processor,
- reporting the value of a first bit or the value of a second bit to the application processor in response to receiving the request from the application processor, and
- thermal throttling for adjusting the temperature of the Universal Flash Storage based on temperature information including the values of the first bit and the second bit.
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A non-transitory storage device, comprising:
- a non-volatile memory device configured to store data;
- a controller configured to store a value of an upper limit temperature and a value of a lower limit temperature, and to output a value of a first bit and a value of a second bit to an application processor in response to a request received from the application processor, and
- a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the non-transitory storage device,
- the non-volatile memory device and the controller being configured for installation in a vehicle,
- wherein the controller comprises:
- a first register configured to manage the value of the upper limit temperature;
- a second register configured to manage the value of the lower limit temperature;
- and
- wherein the controller is further configured to set the value of the first bit to one when a temperature of the non-transitory storage device is higher than the upper limit temperature and to set the value of the second bit to one when the temperature of the non-transitory storage device is lower than the lower limit temperature, and
- wherein the controller is further configured to output a response to the request of the application processor, the response comprising the value of the first bit and the value of the second bit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.