Rainbow Electronics LM63 User Manual

Lm63, General description, Features

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LM63

±

1˚C/

±

3˚C Accurate Remote Diode Digital Temperature

Sensor with Integrated Fan Control

General Description

The LM63 is a remote diode temperature sensor with inte-
grated fan control. The LM63 accurately measures: (1) its
own temperature and (2) the temperature of a diode-
connected transistor, such as a 2N3904, or a thermal diode
commonly found on Computer Processors, Graphics Pro-
cessor Units (GPU) and other ASIC’s. The LM63 remote
temperature sensor’s accuracy is factory trimmed for the
series resistance and 1.0021 non-ideality of the Intel

®

0.13

µm Pentium

®

4 and Mobile Pentium 4 Processor-M thermal

diode. The LM63 has an offset register to correct for errors
caused by different non-ideality factors of other thermal di-
odes.

For

the

latest

information

contact

hardware.monitor.team

@

nsc.com.

The

LM63

also

features

an

integrated,

pulse-width-

modulated (PWM), open-drain fan control output. Fan speed
is a combination of the remote temperature reading, the
lookup table and the register settings. The 8-step Lookup
Table enables the user to program a non-linear fan speed vs.
temperature transfer function often used to quiet acoustic
fan noise.

Features

n

Accurately senses diode-connected 2N3904 transistors
or thermal diodes on-board large processors or ASIC’s

n

Accurately senses its own temperature

n

Factory trimmed for Intel Pentium 4 and Mobile Pentium
4 Processor-M thermal diodes

n

Integrated PWM fan speed control output

n

Acoustic fan noise reduction with User-programmable
8-step Lookup Table

n

Multi-function, user-selectable pin for either ALERT
output, or Tachometer input, functions

n

Tachometer input for measuring fan RPM

n

Offset register can adjust for a variety of thermal diodes

n

10 bit plus sign remote diode temperature data format,
with 0.125˚C resolution

n

SMBus 2.0 compatible interface, supports TIMEOUT

n

LM86-compatible pinout

n

LM86-compatible register set

n

8-pin SOIC package

Key Specifications

j

Remote Diode Temp Accuracy

(with quantization

error)

Ambient

Temp

Diode

Temp

I

PWML

Max

Version

Max

Error

30 to 50˚C

60 to 100˚C

5 mA

LM63C

±

1.0˚C

30 to 50˚C

60 to 100˚C

5 mA

LM63D

±

3.0˚C

0 to 85˚C

25 to 125˚C

8 mA

All

±

3.0˚C

j

Local Temp Accuracy (includes quantization error)

Ambient Temp

Max Error

25˚C to 125˚C

±

3.0˚C

j

Supply Voltage

3.0 V to 3.6 V

j

Supply Current

1.3 mA (typ)

Applications

n

Computer Processor Thermal Management

(Laptop, Desktop, Workstations, Servers)

n

Graphics Processor Thermal Management

n

Electronic Test Equipment

n

Projectors

n

Office Equipment

n

Industrial Controls

Connection Diagram

20057001

Intel

®

and Pentium

®

are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.

May 2003

LM63

±

1˚C/

±

3˚C

Accurate

Remote

Diode

Digital

T

emperature

Sensor

with

Integrated

Fan

Control

© 2003 National Semiconductor Corporation

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www.national.com

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