Heat abstractor and heat dissipating method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of heat abstractor and heat dissipating method thereof, and be particularly related to a kind of heat abstractor and heat radiation power loss control method thereof of may command power attenuation.
Background technology
In general, the computer installation of part can dispose two power supply units and 4 motherboards.The rated voltage of supposing two power supply units is respectively 1100W, and the maximum consumption of power of every motherboard is about 350W, that is to say, the power consumption that 4 motherboards are worked simultaneously is about 350W * 4=1400W.Under the situation of two power supply unit normal power supplies (that is the electric weight that power supply unit provided is 2200W), what enough electric weight then can be provided carries out operate as normal to 4 motherboards.
Yet the situation that power supply unit may break down or damage (that is power supply unit can't provide power supply to use to motherboard) makes that the only surplus power supply unit of computer installation can normal power supply.At this moment, computer installation will start the power consumption (for example reducing the frequency of operation of the central processing unit of motherboard) that power supply throttling function (power throttling feature) reduces motherboard, so that motherboard can be kept operate as normal.Yet, launch the frequency of operation that the power supply throttling function reduces the central processing unit of motherboard, will cause the performance of computer installation to reduce.
Summary of the invention
The present invention provides a kind of heat abstractor and heat dissipating method thereof, and the power attenuation of control system is avoided unnecessary power supply waste more accurately.
The present invention proposes a kind of heat abstractor, is applicable to a main frame, and this main frame comprises a power-supply unit.Heat abstractor comprises at least one fan, a temperature measurement unit, a fan control unit and a power attenuation control module.Wherein, temperature measurement unit measurement host temperature inside.Fan control unit couples fan, in order to the rotating speed of control fan.The power attenuation control module; Couple the power-supply unit of power-supply unit, temperature measurement unit, fan control unit and main frame; Total power consumption in order to computation host; And export a controlling signal to fan control unit according to the total power consumption of main frame temperature inside and main frame, with the rotating speed of adjustment fan.
In one embodiment of this invention; Above-mentioned power attenuation control module is not when the total power consumption of main frame exceeds critical total power consumption; Rotating speed according to main frame temperature inside adjustment fan; And when the total power consumption of main frame exceeded a critical total power consumption, the control fan control unit reduced the rotating speed of fan, is reduced to critical total power consumption with the total power consumption with main frame.
In one embodiment of this invention; Above-mentioned heat abstractor; More comprise a storage element, it couples the power attenuation control module, in order to store the responsibility cycle table of comparisons of main frame temperature inside and controlling signal; And the power consumption table of comparisons of the rotating speed of fan and fan, the power attenuation control module is according to the rotating speed of the responsibility cycle table of comparisons and power consumption table of comparisons control fan control unit adjustment fan.
In one embodiment of this invention, the responsibility cycle of above-mentioned control signal is proportional to the main frame temperature inside.
In one embodiment of this invention, carry out the signal transmission for seeing through the power management bus between above-mentioned power attenuation control module and the power-supply unit.
The present invention also proposes a kind of heat dissipating method of heat abstractor, and wherein heat abstractor is applicable to a main frame, and heat abstractor comprises at least one fan.Heat dissipating method comprises the following steps: the measurement host temperature inside; The total power consumption of computation host; And according to the rotating speed of the total power consumption of main frame temperature inside and main frame adjustment fan.
In one embodiment of this invention, the step of the rotating speed of above-mentioned adjustment fan comprises the following steps: whether the total power consumption of judging main frame exceeds a critical total power consumption; If the total power consumption of main frame does not exceed critical total power consumption, according to the rotating speed of main frame temperature inside adjustment fan; And, reduce the rotating speed of fan if the total power consumption of main frame exceeds critical total power consumption, be reduced to critical total power consumption with total power consumption with main frame.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned critical total power consumption is main frame required minimum total power consumption under the system stability state.
Based on above-mentioned, the present invention sees through the rotating speed of adjusting fan according to the total power consumption of main frame temperature inside and main frame, and then the power attenuation of control system accurately, avoids unnecessary power supply waste.
For letting the above-mentioned feature and advantage of the present invention can be more obviously understandable, hereinafter is special lifts embodiment, and conjunction with figs. elaborates as follows.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of the heat abstractor of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is the heat dissipating method process flow diagram of the heat abstractor of one embodiment of the invention.
The primary clustering symbol description:
100: heat abstractor
102: fan
104: temperature measurement unit
106: fan control unit
108: storage element
110: the power attenuation control module
PSU: power-supply unit
SC1: controlling signal
S202~S212: the process step of heat dissipating method
Embodiment
Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of the heat abstractor of one embodiment of the invention.Please with reference to Fig. 1; Heat abstractor 100 is applicable to the main frame of server or computer system; Heat abstractor 100 comprises at least one fan 102 (being two in the present embodiment, so not as limit), a temperature measurement unit 104, a fan control unit 106, a storage element 108 and a power attenuation control module 110.Its fan 102 couples fan control unit 106, and power attenuation control module 110 couples the power supply unit PSU of temperature measurement unit 104, fan control unit 106, storage element 108 and main frame.Wherein carry out the signal transmission for seeing through the power management bus between power attenuation control module 110 and the power supply unit PSU.
Be prone to (for example on the central processing unit chip) on the overheated assembly on configurable air outlet or the motherboard in mainframe box of above-mentioned fan 102.Fan control unit 106 is in order to the rotating speed of control fan 102; Generally speaking, fan control unit 106 is controlled for utilizing the pulse width modulation signal, when the responsibility cycle of pulse width modulation signal is big more; The rotating speed of fan is fast more, and the power that is relatively consumed is also high more.104 of temperature measurement units are in order to the measurement host temperature inside.
In addition; Power attenuation control module 110 can come the total power consumption of computation host according to the electric energy that power supply unit PSU is provided; And send a controlling signal SC1 to fan 102 according to the total power consumption and the temperature measurement unit 104 measured main frame internal temperatures of main frame; Rotating speed how to control fan 102 with decision is adjusted the power attenuation of main frame, and wherein controlling signal SC1 is a pulse width modulation signal.
For instance; When power attenuation control module 110 judged that the total power consumption of main frames does not exceed preset critical total power consumption, power attenuation control module 110 was adjusted the responsibility cycle of controlling signal SC1 simultaneously according to the power attenuation of the internal temperature of main frame and CPU.Wherein the critical total power consumption of indication is main frame required minimum total power consumption under the system stability state here.
The responsibility cycle table of comparisons of the internal temperature of main frame, the power attenuation of CPU and corresponding controlling signal SC1 can be tabulated shown in 1 as follows:
|
Internal temperature: 10 ℃ |
Internal temperature: 15 ℃ |
Cpu power (W) |
SC1 responsibility cycle (%) |
SC1 responsibility cycle (%) |
39 |
12 |
17 |
44 |
23 |
27 |
51 |
34 |
38 |
57 |
44 |
52 |
70 |
100 |
100 |
Table 1
Can find out by table 1, when the main frame internal temperature is high more, when the CPU power consumption is big more, the radiating effect of main frame must be good more, so the responsibility cycle of controlling signal SC1 is big more, the rotating speed of fan 102 increased, as quickly as possible heat energy is excluded.It should be noted that the cited main frame internal temperature of table 1, the CPU power consumption responsibility cycle value corresponding with it are merely an exemplary embodiment, in the practical application not as limit.
In addition; When power attenuation control module 110 judges that the total power consumption of main frame exceeds preset critical total power consumption; Then power attenuation control module 110 will reduce the rotating speed of fan 102 according to fan 102 pairing power consumption under different rotating speeds, be reduced to critical total power consumption with the total power consumption with main frame.The rotating speed of fan 102 and the power consumption table of comparisons can be tabulated shown in 2 as follows:
SC1 responsibility cycle (%) |
Fan power (W) |
Rotation speed of the fan (RPM) |
20 |
9 |
3720 |
40 |
27 |
6240 |
60 |
63 |
8760 |
80 |
127 |
11280 |
100 |
199 |
13800 |
Table 2
As shown in table 2; When the responsibility cycle of controlling signal SC1 is big more; The power consumption of fan and rotating speed are just big more; Because the total power consumption of main frame is the totalling of the power consumption of motherboard, hard disk drive, fan or the like assembly, the rotating speed (that is responsibility cycle of reduction controlling signal SC1) that therefore reduces fan 102 just can reduce the consumption of fan 102, and then reduces the total power consumption of main frame.Power attenuation control module 110 can be selected suitable rotation speed of the fan according to the main frame total power consumption that is calculated, so that the main frame total power consumption is reduced to critical total power consumption.Rotating speed and the power consumption table of comparisons that it should be noted that the cited fan of table 2 102 is merely an exemplary embodiment, in the practical application not as limit.In addition, the above-mentioned responsibility cycle table of comparisons and the power consumption table of comparisons can be stored in the storage element 108, when the main frame total power consumption is too high, adjust the rotating speed of fan 102 according to this for power attenuation control module 110.
Fig. 2 is the heat dissipating method process flow diagram of the heat abstractor of one embodiment of the invention, please with reference to Fig. 2.The heat dissipating method of concluding above-mentioned heat abstractor can comprise the following steps: at first, measurement host temperature inside (step S202).Then, the total power consumption of computation host (step S204), wherein the general power of main frame comprises the power consumption of motherboard, hard disk drive, fan or the like assembly.Then, adjust the rotating speed (step S206) of fan according to the total power consumption of main frame temperature inside and main frame.Further, the step S206 of the rotating speed of adjustment fan comprises and judges whether the total power consumption of main frame exceeds a critical total power consumption (step S208) earlier.Wherein critical total power consumption is main frame required minimum total power consumption under the system stability state.If the total power consumption of main frame does not exceed preset critical total power consumption, then adjust the rotating speed (step S210) of fan, and get back to step S202 and continue the measurement host temperature inside according to the internal temperature of main frame.If the total power consumption of main frame exceeds preset critical total power consumption, then reduce the rotating speed of fan, be reduced to critical total power consumption (step S212) with total power consumption with main frame.
In sum; The present invention adjusts the rotating speed of fan according to the total power consumption of main frame temperature inside and main frame;, reduces the total power consumption of main frame the rotating speed of fan when exceeding preset critical total power consumption; So that the main frame total power consumption is reduced to critical total power consumption, and then the power attenuation of control system accurately, unnecessary power supply waste avoided.
Though the present invention discloses as above with embodiment, so it is not in order to limiting the present invention, any under those of ordinary skill in the technical field, when can doing a little change and retouching, and do not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention.