Software based thermal charging regulation loop

A system for monitoring and controlling thermal temperature in integrated circuit components, the system comprising:

• one or more temperature sensors for measuring a temperature of said integrated circuit components;
• a converter operably connected to said one or more temperature sensors, said converter programmed to convert said measured temperature to a digital signal;
• and
• a software control module operably connected to said converter, said module programmed to monitor said measured temperature and adjust a power level of one or more of said integrated circuit components as a function of said measured temperature, wherein:
• said one or more of said integrated circuit components include battery charging circuitry;
• said software control module is further programmed to control said battery charging circuitry;
• said software control module is further programmed to adjust a charging level said battery charging circuitry is set to, thereby altering the thermal heat production of said battery charging circuitry;
• and
• said integrated circuit components are integrated in an analog base band circuit (ABB) of a cellular telephone.

A method for providing temperature control for integrated circuit components, the method comprising the following steps:

• (1) measuring the temperature of said integrated circuit components with one or more temperature sensors;
• (2) generating a digital signal corresponding to said measured temperature;
• (3) monitoring said digital signal at a software control module;
• and
• (4) adjusting at least one power level at one or more select integrated circuit components as a function of said measured temperature, wherein said steps (1) through (4) are repeated until said obtained temperature of said integrated circuit components falls within a predetermined acceptable range.

An apparatus for providing temperature control, said apparatus comprising:

• means for measuring a temperature of integrated circuit components;
• means for monitoring a digital signal corresponding to said measured temperature;
• and
• means for adjusting a charging power and operation of alternate functions of said integrated circuit components as a function of said measured temperature.