Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Temperature sensor and memory device having same
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Application No.: US17011864Application Date: 2020-09-03
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Publication No.: US12061125B2Publication Date: 2024-08-13
- Inventor: Chia-Ming Hu , Chung-Kuang Chen , Chia-Ching Li , Chien-Fu Huang
- Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP
- Agent Andrew L. Dunlap
- Main IPC: G01K7/42
- IPC: G01K7/42 ; H10B43/40 ; H10B51/40

Abstract:
An integrated circuit includes a memory and peripheral circuits with a temperature sensor used to automatically adjust operating voltages. The temperature sensor includes a reference circuit that generates a first reference with a first non-zero temperature coefficient and a second reference with a second temperature coefficient having a different magnitude than the first non-zero temperature coefficient. A detector circuit on the integrated circuit, having temperature and process variation compensation, converts a difference between the first and second references into a digital signal indicating temperature on the integrated circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210325261A1 TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND MEMORY DEVICE HAVING SAME Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
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