dBCool® Remote Thermal
Controller and Voltage Monitor
ADT7466
FEATURES
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Monitors two analog voltages or thermistor temperature
inputs
One on-chip and up to two remote temperature sensors with
series resistance cancellation
Controls and monitors the speed of up to two fans
Automatic fan speed control mode controls system
cooling based on measured temperature
Enhanced acoustic mode dramatically reduces user
perception of changing fan speeds
Thermal protection feature via THERM output monitors
performance impact of Intel® Pentium® 4 processor
thermal control circuit via PROCHOT input
3-wire fan speed measurement
Limit comparison of all monitored values
SMBus 1.1 serial interface
The ADT7466 dBCool controller is a complete thermal monitor
and dual fan controller for noise-sensitive applications
requiring active system cooling. It can monitor two analog
voltages or the temperature of two thermistors, plus its own
supply voltage. It can monitor the temperature of up to two
remote sensor diodes, plus its own internal temperature. It can
measure and control the speed of up to two fans so that they
operate at the lowest possible speed for minimum acoustic
noise. The automatic fan speed control loop optimizes fan
speed for a given temperature. The effectiveness of the system’s
thermal solution can be monitored using the
input
PROCHOT
to time and monitor the
output of the processor.
PROCHOT
APPLICATIONS
Low acoustic noise notebook PCs
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
V
SCL SDA ALERT
CC
SERIAL BUS
INTERFACE
8-BIT
DRIVE1
DAC
ACOUSTIC
ENHANCEMENT
CONTROL
V_FAN_MIN
V_FAN_ON
CONTROL
ADDRESS
POINTER
REGISTER
8-BIT
DRIVE2
DAC
AUTOMATIC
FAN SPEED
CONTROL
CONFIGURATION
REGISTERS
TACH1
FAN
THERM
REGISTER
TACH2
SPEED
MONITOR
FANLOCK
INTERRUPT
MASKING
FAN1
ENABLE
FAN1_ON/
PROCHOT/
THERM
INTERRUPT
STATUS
REGISTERS
PROCHOT
LIMIT
SERIES
D1+
D1–
RESISTANCE
COMPARATORS
10-BIT
ADC
CANCELLATION
INPUT
SIGNAL
VALUE AND
LIMIT
REGISTERS
SERIES
RESISTANCE
CANCELLATION
AIN1/TH1/D2–
AIN2/TH2/D2+
CONDITIONING
AND
ANALOG
MULTIPLEXER
BAND GAP
REFERENCE
BAND GAP
TEMPERATURE
SENSOR
ADT7466
GND
REFOUT
Figure 1.
Protected by U.S. Patent Numbers 6,188,189; 6,169,442; 6,097,239; 5,982,221; 5,867,012.
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