CN102999150A - Electronic system and efficiency control method - Google Patents

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CN102999150A
CN102999150A CN2011102814250A CN201110281425A CN102999150A CN 102999150 A CN102999150 A CN 102999150A CN 2011102814250 A CN2011102814250 A CN 2011102814250A CN 201110281425 A CN201110281425 A CN 201110281425A CN 102999150 A CN102999150 A CN 102999150A
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The invention relates to an electronic system and an efficiency control method. The electronic system comprises a plurality of electronic devices which and a control module, wherein the plurality of electronic devices are coupled in a daisy chain way and superimposed onto one another in the same direction, and the electronic devices are communicated with a host through a transmission protocol to be compatible to a LEIBEN interface; and the control module acquires a plurality of heat designed power values corresponding to the electronic devices according to the plurality of parameters of the electronic devices and controls the efficiency of the electronic devices according to the heat designed power value. Due to the adoption of the electronic system and the efficiency control method, the efficiency and stability of the electronic system can be improved.

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Electronic system and efficacy control method
Technical field
This disclosure relates to electronic system and efficacy control method, relates in particular to a kind of run quickly electronic system at interface of thunder that has.
Background technology
In recent years, along with computer and development of information industry, various new peripheral equipments can link PC and notebook computer etc. etc. easily, have wherein comprised world-wide web and external storage device etc.Yet the temperature of these peripheral devices and the management of usefulness are not very desirable, therefore are badly in need of a kind of electronic system and efficacy control method, increase the stability of main frame and peripheral device, reduce simultaneously the power consumption of peripheral device.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, this disclosure provides a kind of electronic system, comprising: a plurality of have a run quickly electronic installation at interface of thunder, couples in order to daisy chained, and stacked mutually with a direction, and wherein electronic installation communicates with transfer protocol and a main frame that is compatible to thunder and runs quickly; And a control module, in order to a plurality of parameters according to electronic installation, obtain a plurality of thermal design power values corresponding to electronic installation, and according to the usefulness of thermal design power value control electronic installation.
This disclosure also provides a kind of efficacy control method, be applicable to a plurality of electronic installations of coupling with daisy chained, efficacy control method comprises: according to a plurality of parameters of electronic installation, obtain the thermal design power value corresponding to electronic installation, wherein electronic installation communicates with transfer protocol and a main frame that is compatible to thunder and runs quickly; And according to the thermal design power value, the usefulness of control electronic installation is to avoid power that electronic installation consumed greater than the thermal design power value.
The present invention can improve the efficient and stability of electronic system.
For above and other purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, a preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and cooperate appended diagram, be described in detail below:
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Fig. 1 is an embodiment of the electronic system of this disclosure, in order to carry out efficacy control method;
Fig. 2 is an embodiment of the electronic system of this disclosure;
Fig. 3 is a synoptic diagram of the electronic system of this disclosure, couples in order to daisy chained (Daisy Chain) between the electronic installation to be described;
Fig. 4 is a process flow diagram of the efficacy control method of this disclosure;
Fig. 5 A is that the time of this disclosure is to a graph of a relation of power; And
Fig. 5 B is that the time of this disclosure is to a graph of a relation of power.
Wherein, description of reference numerals is as follows:
100: electronic system;
EP: input/output expander;
120: main frame;
M1~M5: electronic installation;
CM: control module;
SW1~SW5: switch unit.
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Fig. 1 is an embodiment of the electronic system of this disclosure, in order to carry out efficacy control method.As shown in Figure 1, electronic system 100 has electronic installation M1~M5, a control module CM, an input/output expander (I/O Expander) EP.Electronic installation M1~M5 couples in order to daisy chained (Daisy Chain), and stacked mutually with a direction.In addition, electronic installation M1~M5 has the high-speed transfer interface, and all thunderous (thunderbolt) interfaces of running quickly are so that electronic installation M1~M5 communicates with transfer protocol and a main frame 120 that is compatible to thunder and runs quickly.Input/output expander EP couples between main frame 120 and the electronic installation M1~M5, in order to provide power supply to electronic installation M1~M5.In this disclosure embodiment, main frame 120 is arranged on outside the electronic system 100.In certain embodiments, electronic system 100 comprises main frame 120.In this disclosure embodiment, to run quickly the interface as example take thunder, but be not limited to this, any electronic installation with high-speed transfer interface (for example more than the 5Gbps) can be input/output expander EP of the present invention and electronic installation M1~M5.
Specifically, according to one embodiment of the invention, electronic installation M1~M5 can be the peripheral device (peripheral device) of any kind.For instance, electronic installation M1 can be that TV box (TV box), electronic installation M2 can be that CD drive (optical disk drive), electronic installation M3 can be hard disk (Hard disk driver, HDD), electronic installation M4 can be that graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) device, electronic installation M5 can be microphone (speaker).It should be noted that the quantity of electronic installation and electronic installation type only for explanation, are not limited to this, any have the run quickly electronic installation at interface of thunder and also be the category of this disclosure.
Control module CM obtains a plurality of thermal design power values (Thermal Design Power corresponding to electronic installation M1~M5 in order to a plurality of parameters (parameter) according to electronic installation M1~M5, TDP), and according to the usefulness of thermal design power value control electronic installation M1~M5, to promote the degree of stability of electronic system 100.
Specifically, each electronic installation M1~M5 has a plurality of parameters, is stored in the storer among each electronic installation M1~M5.For example, each electronic installation M1~M5 can not have five parameter P1~p5.Parameter P1 for example, can be the outward appearance of electronic installation M1~M5 than the length of (aspect ratio) or X-axis, Y-axis and Z axis about the external form of electronic installation M1~M5.Parameter P2 is about the temperature curve (Temperature Profile) of X-axis, Y-axis and the Z axis of electronic installation M1~M5, and also namely under specific working order, parameter P2 points out that electronic installation M1~M5 is in the Temperature Distribution of X-axis, Y-axis and Z axis.Parameter P3 is relevant for the ordering (order) of electronic installation, also namely when electronic installation M1~M5 series winding, and the residing position of respective electronic device.Parameter P4 is about the environment temperature (ambient temperature) of electronic installation.Parameter P5 is about the identifier (Identifier, ID) of electronic installation, can be in order to corresponding to different purposes, and for example TV box, CD drive, hard disk, graphics processing unit device etc.
For instance, control module CM can by parameter P1, P2, P3 and P5 know electronic installation whether can by arround electronic installation affect.As shown in Figure 1, the height of electronic installation M2 is greater than electronic installation M1, so control module CM can be known that by the parameter P1 of electronic installation M1 and M2 electronic installation M1 can not affect the heat radiation of electronic installation M2.In some cases, although the height of electronic installation M2 is all greater than electronic installation M1, if but the hottest place of electronic installation M2 near the place of electronic installation M1, so control module CM can know that electronic installation M1 still can affect the heat radiation of electronic installation M2 by the parameter P2 of electronic installation M2 and the parameter P1 of electronic installation M1.
The ordering of electronic installation also can affect the heat radiation of electronic system 100.For instance, in electronic installation M1~M5, electronic installation M4 is that consumed power is maximum, heat energy produces maximum electronic installations, therefore electronic installation M4 is put first or last position, electronic installation M4 can obtain higher thermal design power value, so that the opereating specification of the power of electronic installation M4 is increased, and also improve the efficient of electronic installation M4.
In this disclosure embodiment, control module CM can learn according to parameter P4 the temperature of system environments.For instance, at very high outdoor lower of temperature, if electronic system 100 maintains in the operation at a high speed, then electronic system 100 is unstable easily.When therefore the environment temperature of electronic system is higher, control module CM will be lower according to the resulting thermal design power value of parameter P4.On the contrary, when the environment temperature of electronic system is low, control module CM will be higher according to the resulting thermal design power value of parameter P4.Therefore, control module CM is according to the resulting thermal design power value of parameter P4 control electronic system 100 so that electronic system 100 with efficiently, stably operation.
In this disclosure embodiment, main frame 120 can be various electronic system sample attitudes (configuration), for example, portable equipment (hand-held devices), portable set (portable devices), personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant; PDA) multicomputer system, take microprocessor as the basis or the consumption electronic products of programmable (microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics), network computer, mini computer, mainframe and similar equipment, but be not limited to this.Control module CM can be arranged in one of electronic installation M1~M5, input/output expander EP or the main frame 120.
Fig. 2 is an embodiment of the electronic system of this disclosure.As shown in Figure 2, control module CM is by present ordering (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5) resulting parameter P1~P5, obtain the best ordering (M1, M2, M3, M5, M4) with higher thermal design power value, therefore the user can sort according to the best (M1, M2, M3, M5, M4) adjust the ordering of electronic installation so that electronic system more efficiently, more stably operation.
Generally speaking, control module CM can obtain the thermal design power value by the parameter P1 of each electronic installation~P5, so that electronic system 100 stably operation under this thermal design power value.In certain embodiments, control module CM provides the user better ordering according to parameter P1~P5, so that the user is by the ordering of adjusting electronic installation M1~M5, improve above-mentioned thermal design power value, in order to increase the opereating specification of the power of electronic installation M1~M5, improve the efficient and stability of electronic system 100.
Fig. 3 is a synoptic diagram of the electronic system of this disclosure, in order to daisy chained the coupling between the electronic installation to be described.As shown in Figure 3, switch unit SW1~SW5 is separately positioned among electronic installation M1~M5.Specifically, when electronic installation M1 is connected to main frame 120 by input/output expander EP, switch unit SW1 is open-circuit condition (open circuit state), so that control module CM only detects electronic installation M1, therefore electronic installation M1 is set as the electronic installation of the first ordering.After control module CM detection. electronics M1 is complete, causing switch unit SW1 is short-circuit condition (close circuit state), so that when not detecting the another one electronic installation, judging electronic installation M1, control module CM is last electronic installation.
When electronic installation M2 is connected to electronic installation M1, control module CM causes switch unit SW1 and SW2 to be open-circuit condition (switch unit SW1 switches to open-circuit condition by short-circuit condition), so that control module CM only detects electronic installation M1, therefore electronic installation M1 is set as the electronic installation of the first ordering.After control module CM detection. electronics M1 was complete, causing switch unit SW1 was short-circuit condition, so that control module CM detects electronic installation M2, therefore electronic installation M2 was set as the electronic installation of the second ordering.After control module CM detection. electronics M2 was complete, causing switch unit SW2 was short-circuit condition, was last electronic installation so that control module CM when not detecting the another one electronic installation, judges electronic installation M2.
The rest may be inferred, when electronic installation M3 is connected to electronic installation M2, control module CM causes switch unit SW1, SW2 and SW3 to be open-circuit condition (switch unit SW1 and SW2 switch to open-circuit condition by short-circuit condition), so that control module CM only detects electronic installation M1, therefore electronic installation M1 is set as the electronic installation of the first ordering.After control module CM detection. electronics M1 was complete, causing switch unit SW1 was short-circuit condition, so that control module CM detects electronic installation M2, therefore electronic installation M2 was set as the electronic installation of the second ordering.After control module CM detection. electronics M2 was complete, causing switch unit SW2 was short-circuit condition, so that control module CM detects electronic installation M3, therefore electronic installation M3 was set as the electronic installation of the 3rd ordering.After control module CM detection. electronics M3 was complete, causing switch unit SW3 was short-circuit condition, was last electronic installation so that control module CM when not detecting the another one electronic installation, judges electronic installation M3.The rest may be inferred for all the other electronic installation M4, M5, repeats no more.By the method, control module CM is known the ordering of electronic installation M1~M5.
Fig. 4 is a process flow diagram of the efficacy control method of this disclosure, is applicable to a plurality of electronic installations of coupling with daisy chained, and efficacy control method comprises the following steps.
In step S41, obtain thermal design power value corresponding to electronic installation M1~M5 according to a plurality of parameter P1, P2, P3, P4 and the P5 of electronic installation M1~M5, wherein electronic installation communicates with transfer protocol and the main frame 120 that is compatible to thunder and runs quickly.In step S42, according to the usefulness of thermal design power value control electronic installation, to avoid power that electronic installation M1~M5 consumed greater than the thermal design power value.In step S43, provide the best ordering of electronic installation M1~M5, in order to improve the thermal design power value of electronic installation M1~M5, in order to increase the opereating specification of the usefulness of electronic installation M1~M5.
Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B be the time of this disclosure to a graph of a relation of power, wherein the transverse axis coordinate is the time, ordinate of orthogonal axes is power.Fig. 5 A shows low thermal design power value, because the power that electronic installation M1~M5 consumes need be lower than the thermal design power value, so the opereating specification of the usefulness of electronic installation M1~M5 is less.Fig. 5 B shows high thermal design power value, because the raising of thermal design power value, so the opereating specification of the usefulness of electronic installation M1~M5 is larger.
More than the feature of the many embodiment of narration makes those of ordinary skills can know the form of understanding this instructions.Those of ordinary skills can understand its can utilize disclosure of the present invention for the basis with design or change other techniques and structure is finished the purpose that is same as above-described embodiment and/or reached the advantage that is same as above-described embodiment.Those of ordinary skills also can understand the equivalent constructions that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention and can change arbitrarily without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, substitute and retouching.

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1. electronic system comprises:
A plurality of electronic installations couple in order to daisy chained, and stacked mutually with a direction, and wherein above-mentioned electronic installation communicates with transfer protocol and a main frame that is compatible to thunder and runs quickly; And
One control module in order to a plurality of parameters according to above-mentioned electronic installation, obtains a plurality of thermal design power values corresponding to above-mentioned electronic installation, and controls the usefulness of above-mentioned electronic installation according to above-mentioned thermal design power value.
2. electronic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein above-mentioned parameter comprises the length of X-axis, Y-axis and the Z axis of above-mentioned electronic installation.
3. electronic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein above-mentioned parameter comprises the temperature curve of X-axis, Y-axis and the Z axis of above-mentioned electronic installation.
4. electronic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein above-mentioned parameter comprises the ordering of above-mentioned electronic installation.
5. electronic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein above-mentioned parameter comprises the environment temperature that above-mentioned electronic installation is outer.
6. electronic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein above-mentioned parameter comprises the identifier of above-mentioned electronic installation.
7. electronic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein above-mentioned control module provides the best ordering of above-mentioned electronic installation, in order to improve above-mentioned thermal design power value, in order to increase the opereating specification of the usefulness of above-mentioned electronic installation.
8. electronic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein above-mentioned control module is arranged in above-mentioned electronic installation, an input/output expander or the above-mentioned main frame.
9. efficacy control method is applicable to a plurality of electronic installations of coupling with daisy chained, and above-mentioned efficacy control method comprises:
According to a plurality of parameters of above-mentioned electronic installation, obtain the thermal design power value corresponding to above-mentioned electronic installation, wherein above-mentioned electronic installation communicates with transfer protocol and a main frame that is compatible to thunder and runs quickly; And
According to above-mentioned thermal design power value, control the usefulness of above-mentioned electronic installation, to avoid power that above-mentioned electronic installation consumed greater than above-mentioned thermal design power value.
10. efficacy control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein above-mentioned parameter comprises the length of X-axis, Y-axis and the Z axis of above-mentioned electronic installation.
11. efficacy control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein above-mentioned parameter comprises the temperature curve of X-axis, Y-axis and the Z axis of above-mentioned electronic installation.
12. efficacy control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein above-mentioned parameter comprises the ordering of above-mentioned electronic installation.
13. efficacy control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein above-mentioned parameter comprises the environment temperature that above-mentioned electronic installation is outer.
14. efficacy control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein above-mentioned parameter comprises the identifier of above-mentioned electronic installation.
15. efficacy control method as claimed in claim 9 also comprises the ordering of adjusting above-mentioned electronic installation, in order to improve above-mentioned thermal design power value, in order to increase the opereating specification of the power of above-mentioned electronic installation.
16. efficacy control method as claimed in claim 9 also comprises the best ordering that above-mentioned electronic installation is provided, in order to improve above-mentioned thermal design power value, in order to increase the opereating specification of the usefulness of above-mentioned electronic installation.
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