Built-in self-test circuit and temperature measurement circuit including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJunhee Shin, Jooseong Kim, Yongjin Lee, Michael Choi, Kwangho Kim, Sangho Kim
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AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJunhee Shin, Jooseong Kim, Yongjin Lee, Michael Choi, Kwangho Kim, Sangho Kim
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A temperature measurement circuit includes a band-gap reference circuit configured to generate a band-gap reference voltage that is fixed regardless of an operation temperature, a reference voltage generator circuit configured to generate a measurement reference voltage by adjusting the band-gap reference voltage, a sensing circuit configured to generate a temperature-variant voltage based on a bias current, where the temperature-variant voltage is varied depending on the operation temperature, an analog-digital converter circuit configured to generate a first digital code indicating the operation temperature based on the measurement reference voltage and the temperature-variant voltage, and an analog built-in self-test (BIST) circuit configured to generate a plurality of flag signals indicating whether each of the band-gap reference voltage, the measurement reference voltage, and a bias voltage corresponding to the bias current is included in a predetermined range.
A temperature measurement circuit comprising:
A temperature measurement circuit comprising:
A built-in self-test (BIST) circuit configured to monitor a temperature detection circuit including an analog circuit and an analog-digital converter circuit, the BIST circuit comprising:
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