Patents by Inventor David J. Hotz

David J. Hotz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • On-die temperature monitoring in semiconductor devices to limit activity overload
    Patent number: 7400945
    Abstract: Thermal control for a controller in a data processing environment is described. In one embodiment, the invention includes detecting a temperature of a semiconductor device at a thermal sensor on the semiconductor device, comparing the detected temperature to a threshold, and generating a high interrupt if the temperature is above the threshold and a low interrupt if the temperature is below the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sivakumar Radhakrishnan, Michael Wiznerowicz, Jed D. Griffin, Kapilan Maheswaran, Scott Rushford, David J. Hotz