Product category: Sensors and Data Acquisition
News Release from: National Semiconductor | Subject: LM95241 etc
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 30 August 2006
Sensors give true picture of thermal
management
High-precision remote-diode temperature sensors employ National's TruTherm thermal management technology with transistor-mode beta compensation.
National Semiconductor has introduced a family of high-precision, remote-diode temperature sensors that employ National's TruTherm thermal management technology with transistor-mode beta compensation These new sensors are specifically designed for applications such as computer notebooks, desktops and servers that are powered by high-performance microprocessors manufactured on 65 and 90nm processes
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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National pioneered beta compensation technology and was the first to bring it to market, with the introduction of TruTherm technology in the spring of 2005.
TruTherm technology solves the problem of inaccurate remote temperature readings caused by variations in the internal diodes in deep submicron microprocessors, microcontrollers, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
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National's TruTherm thermal management products improve the accuracy of temperature readings, allowing designers to achieve higher performance and efficiency in their applications, while lowering cooling-fan speed, reducing acoustic noise and extending system life.
"Thermal management is becoming increasingly important in today's electronics applications, which are growing more complex while also shrinking in size".
"Accurately monitoring temperature in computing products and complex cores is key to ensuring protection against malfunction or failure due to excessive heat", said Susie Inouye, Research Director and Principal Analyst with market research firm Databeans.
"Thermal management technology such as National's TruTherm products allows designers to successfully monitor these complex cores that are designed on very small submicron geometries and continue to push the limits of heat dissipation".
The LM94 hardware monitor has a two-wire digital interface that is compatible with system management bus (SMBus) 2.0.
Using a sigma-delta analogue-to-digital convertor (ADC), the LM94 measures the temperature of up to four remote-diode-connected transistors as well as its own die, and up to 16 power supply voltages supporting dual processors.
To set fan speed, the LM94 has two pulsewidth modulation (PWM) outputs that are each controlled by up to six temperature zones.
The fan-control algorithm can be based on a lookup table, a proportional/integral (PI) control loop that supports a temperature control (Tcontrol) function or a combination of both.
The LM94 includes digital filters to smooth temperature readings for better control of fan speed, minimising acoustical noise.
The LM94 has four tachometer inputs to measure fan speed and includes limit and status registers for all measured values.
It also supports monitoring of the dynamic power supply voltage for the processor, dual processor thermal throttling monitoring functions and general purpose I/O pins.
The LM95234 is an 11bit digital temperature sensor with a two-wire SMBus interface that monitors the temperature of four remote diodes as well as its own temperature.
The LM95234 supports three critical temperature (TCRIT) outputs with individual limits for each channel and masking capability.
Two of the LM95234's remote temperature channels have programmable digital filters, while the other two channels utilise a fault queue to avoid falsely triggering the TCRIT pins if the temperature of a channel momentarily goes above the corresponding limit.
The LM95241 is a precision, dual remote-diode temperature sensor with a two-wire serial interface that is compatible with SMBus 2.0.
The LM95241 senses three temperature zones, two remote diodes and its own temperature.
It has digital filtering and an advanced input stage that includes analogue filtering.
The LM95241 resolution format for remote temperature readings can be programmed to be 11bit signed or unsigned with the digital filtering disabled.
When the filtering is enabled, the resolution increases to 13bits signed or unsigned.
In unsigned mode, the LM95241 remote diode readings can resolve temperatures above 127C.
Local temperature readings have a resolution of 9bit plus sign.
The LM95233 is a two-diode version of the LM95234.
The LM95235 is an 11bit digital temperature sensor with a two-wire SMBus interface that monitors the temperature of a single remote diode as well as its own temperature.
The LM95235 features programmable TCRIT and OS thresholds, and can be used to shut down the system, turn on system fans or as a microcontroller interrupt function.
The LM95235 is pin compatible with National Semiconductor's industry-standard LM86 and LM89.
Prices for the products start at $1.17 for the LM95241 in 1000-unit quantities.
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