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Electronic apparatus, power control device for controlling a heater, and method of controlling power control device

US8309888B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2010
Grant dateNov 13, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K2203/165
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic apparatus has a printed circuit board, a semiconductor device mounted on the printed circuit board by a plurality of solder bumps, a heater that heats the printed circuit, a power supply unit that supplies electric power to the semiconductor device and the heater, and a controller that controls the power supply unit to supply electric power to the heater when the electric power is not supplied to the semiconductor device.

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