US 11,687,134 B2
Cooling device identification
Yi-Chieh Chen, Taoyuan (TW); Yueh-Chang Wu, Taoyuan (TW); Yan-Kuei Chen, Taoyuan (TW); and Hsin-Yu Lin, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on May 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/878,026.
Prior Publication US 2021/0365087 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/206 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
supplying power to a cooling device of a computing system, the cooling device comprising a rotatable component, an encoding circuit, and a tachometer signal line for reporting information associated with the speed of rotation of the rotatable component;
receiving an encoded signal from the cooling device via the tachometer signal line, during a preset broadcasting phase, wherein the encoded signal includes cooling device identification information;
receiving a signal of the speed of rotation of the rotatable component from the tachometer signal line during a reporting phase following the broadcasting phase; and
obtaining cooling device identification information based on the received encoded signal.