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Temperature to begin Fan Acceleration

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Acoustic Fan Speed Control Figure 18. Fan Speed Control Full Speed R 100 % Fan Speed (RPM) Fan Speed (% PWM Duty Cycle) Min Speed X % TLOW TCONTROL Diode Temperature (°C) 6.3.1.1 Temperature to begin Fan Acceleration The first item to consider is the value for TLOW. The FSC device needs a minimum temperature to set as the threshold to begin increasing PWM duty cycle to the fan. The system designer might initially consider a small temperature range (TCONTROL - TLOW = TRANGE), such as 5 °C to accelerate the fan. That would delay the fan accelerating for the longest period after an increase in TDIODE. There are a number of issues that should be considered with this strategy: • There is little granularity in the fan speeds. For each 1 °C of increase in diode temperature = 20% jump in PWM duty cycle %. • Fan speed oscillation as the thermal solution chases the diode temperature. • Having TDIODE overshoot TCONTROL and the thermal profile causing the Thermal Control Circuit to activate to reduce the temperature. The first two cases can create a poor acoustic response for the user. For the third case, the user could notice a drop in performance as the thermal control circuit reduces the power. Figure 19 is an example of this situation. The system begins at idle and a moderate workload is applied (less than TDP). 56 Thermal/Mechanical Design Guide

Section	Page
Contents	3
Figures	6
Tables	7
Revision History	8
1 Introduction	9
1.1 Document Goals and Scope	9
1.1.1 Importance of Thermal Management	9
1.1.2 Document Goals	9
1.1.3 Document Scope	10
1.2 References	11
1.3 Definition of Terms	12
2 Processor Thermal/Mechanical Information	15
2.1 Mechanical Requirements	15
2.1.1 Processor Package	15
2.1.2 Heatsink Attach	17
2.1.2.1 General Guidelines	17
2.1.2.2 Heatsink Clip Load Requirement	17
2.1.2.3 Additional Guidelines	18
2.2 Thermal Requirements	18
2.2.1 Processor Case Temperature	18
2.2.2 Thermal Profile	19
2.2.3 TCONTROL	20
2.3 Heatsink Design Considerations	21
2.3.1 Heatsink Size	22
2.3.2 Heatsink Mass	22
2.3.3 Package IHS Flatness	22
2.3.4 Thermal Interface Material	23
2.4 System Thermal Solution Considerations	23
2.4.1 Chassis Thermal Design Capabilities	23
2.4.2 Improving Chassis Thermal Performance	23
2.4.3 Summary	24
2.5 System Integration Considerations	24
3 Thermal Metrology	25
3.1 Characterizing Cooling Performance Requirements	25
3.1.1 Example	26
3.2 Processor Thermal Solution Performance Assessment	27
3.3 Local Ambient Temperature Measurement Guidelines	27
3.4 Processor Case Temperature Measurement Guidelines	30
4 Thermal Management Logic and Thermal Monitor Feature	31
4.1 Processor Power Dissipation	31
4.2 Thermal Monitor Implementation	31
4.2.1 PROCHOT# Signal	32
4.2.2 Thermal Control Circuit	32
4.2.3 Operation and Configuration	33
4.2.4 On-Demand Mode	34
4.2.5 System Considerations	34
4.2.6 Operating System and Application Software Considerations	35
4.2.7 On-Die Thermal Diode	35
4.2.7.1 Reading the On-Die Thermal Diode Interface	35
4.2.7.2 Correction Factors for the On-Die Thermal Diode	36
4.2.8 THERMTRIP# Signal	37
4.2.8.1 Cooling System Failure Warning	37
5 Intel® Thermal/Mechanical Reference Design Information	39
5.1 Intel Validation Criteria for the Reference Design	39
5.1.1 Heatsink Performance Target	39
5.1.2 Acoustics	40
5.1.3 Altitude	40
5.1.4 Reference Heatsink Thermal Validation	41
5.1.5 Fan Performance for Active Heatsink Thermal Solution	41
5.2 Environmental Reliability Testing	42
5.2.1 Structural Reliability Testing	42
5.2.1.1 Random Vibration Test Procedure	42
5.2.1.2 Shock Test Procedure	42
5.2.2 Power Cycling	44
5.2.3 Recommended BIOS/Processor/Memory Test Procedures	44
5.3 Material and Recycling Requirements	44
5.4 Safety Requirements	45
5.5 Geometric Envelope for ATX Intel® Reference Thermal Mechanical Design	45
5.6 ATX Reference Thermal Mechanical Solution for the Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor in the 775–Land LGA Package	46
5.7 Reference Attach Mechanism	48
5.7.1 Structural Design Strategy	48
5.7.2 Mechanical Interface to the Reference Attach Mechanism	49
6 Acoustic Fan Speed Control	53
6.1 Acoustic Fan Speed Control	53
6.2 Thermal Solution Design	53
6.2.1 Compliance to Thermal Profile	53
6.2.2 Determine Thermistor Set Points	53
6.2.3 Minimum Fan Speed Set Point	54
6.3 Board and System Implementation	55
6.3.1 Choosing Fan Speed Control Settings	55
6.3.1.1 Temperature to begin Fan Acceleration	56
6.3.1.2 Minimum PWM Duty Cycle	58
6.4 Combining Thermistor and Thermal Diode Control	59