Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Temperature monitoring
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Application No.: US16105484Application Date: 2018-08-20
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Publication No.: US10935439B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: John Paul Lesso , Gordon James Bates
- Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Applicant Address: GB Edinburgh
- Assignee: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: GB Edinburgh
- Agency: Jackson Walker L.L.P.
- Priority: GB1715505 20170925
- Main IPC: G01K11/22
- IPC: G01K11/22 ; G01K15/00 ; G01K7/00 ; G01K7/32

Abstract:
This application relates to methods and apparatus for temperature monitoring for integrated circuits, and in particular to temperature monitoring using a locked-loop circuits, e.g. FLLs, PLLs or DLLs. According to embodiments a locked-loop circuit (200, 600) includes a controlled signal timing module (201, 601), wherein the timing properties of an output signal (SOUT, SFB) are dependent on a value of a control signal and on temperature. A controller (201, 601) compares a feedback signal (SFB) output from the timing module to a reference signal (SREF) and generates a control signal (SC) to maintain a desired timing relationship. A temperature monitor (202) monitors temperature based on the value of the control signal. For FLLs and PLLs the signal timing module may be a controlled oscillator (201).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190064007A1 TEMPERATURE MONITORING Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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