TEMPERATURE CONTROL MECHANISM ON A MEMORY DEVICE

摘要

In one embodiment, a method for determining when an operating temperature of an electronic component (e.g. a memory device) is above a threshold temprature is provided. The method comprises periodically charging a capacitor mounted on an electronic component; initializing a timer to count down from a counter value, once the capacitor is charged; determining if the capacitor has discharged before the timer has counted down to zero; and if the capacitor has discharged before the timer has counted down to zero then generating an interrupt.