Intel
®
Celeron
®
Processor 1.66 GHz/1.83 GHz—Thermal Specifications and Design
Considerations
Intel
®
Celeron
®
Processor 1.66 GHz/1.83 GHz
DS
January 2007
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Order Number: 315876-002
5.1.2
Thermal Diode Offset
In order to improve the accuracy of diode based temperature measurements, a
temperature offset value (specified as T
offset
) is programmed into a Intel
®
Celeron
®
Processor 1.66 GHz/1.83 GHz Model Specific Register (MSR) which contains thermal
diode characterization data. During manufacturing, the processor thermal diode is
evaluated for its behavior relative to a theoretical diode. Using the equation above, the
temperature error created by the difference between n
trim
and the actual ideality of the
particular processor is calculated.
If the n
trim
value used to calculate T
offset
differs from the n
trim
value used in a
temperature sensing device, the T
error(nf)
may not be accurate. If desired, the T
offset
can be adjusted by calculating n
actual
and then recalculating the offset using the actual
n
trim
as defined in the temperature sensor manufacturers' datasheet.
The n
trim
used to calculate the Diode Correction Toffset are listed in
Table 19
.
5.1.3
Intel
®
Thermal Monitor
The Intel Thermal Monitor helps control the processor temperature by activating the
TCC (Thermal Control Circuit) when the processor silicon reaches its maximum junction
temperature. The temperature at which the Intel Thermal Monitor activates the TCC is
not user configurable. Bus traffic is snooped in the normal manner, and interrupt
requests are latched (and serviced during the time that the clocks are on) while the
TCC is active.
A thermal solution that is significantly under designed may not be capable of cooling
the processor even when the TCC is active continuously.
The Intel Thermal Monitor controls the processor temperature by modulating (starting
and stopping) the processor core clocks when the processor silicon reaches its
maximum operating temperature. The Intel Thermal Monitor uses two modes to
activate the TCC: Automatic mode and on-demand mode. If both modes are activated,
Automatic mode takes precedence.
Note:
The Intel thermal monitor automatic mode must be enabled through BIOS for the
processor to be operating within specifications.
There are two automatic modes called Intel Thermal Monitor 1 (TM1) and Intel Thermal
Monitor 2 (TM2). After Automatic mode is enabled, the TCC activates only when the
internal die temperature reaches the maximum allowed value for operation.
TM1 and TM2 can co-exist within the processor. If both TM1 and TM2 bits are enabled in
the auto-throttle MSR, TM2 takes precedence over TM1. However, if TM2 is not
sufficient to cool the processor below the maximum operating temperature, then TM1
also activates to help cool down the processor.
Note:
Intel recommends
both
Thermal Monitor 1 (TM1) and Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) be
always enabled on Intel
®
Celeron
®
Processor 1.66 GHz/1.83 GHz.
Table 19.
Thermal “Diode” n
trim
and Diode Correction Toffset
Symbol
Parameter
Unit
n
trim
Diode ideality used to calculate T
offset
1.01