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US 2003/0210506 A1Published application
Use of DQ pins on a ram memory chip for a temperature sensing protocol
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsJohnathan T. Edmonds, Jennifer Huckaby, Torsten Partsch, Matt Welch
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Abstract
A method of protecting an integrated circuit that includes sensing a temperature of an integrated circuit that has a data pin, generating a temperature data signal based on the sensing, implementing a temperature sensing protocol and supplying the temperature data signal to the data pin based on the temperature sensing protocol.
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A method of protecting an integrated circuit, comprising:
- sensing a temperature of an integrated circuit comprising a data pin;
- generating a temperature data signal based on said sensing;
- implementing a temperature sensing protocol;
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- supplying said temperature data signal to said data pin based on said temperature sensing protocol.
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