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US 2003/0210598 A1Published application
Implementation of a temperature sensor to control internal chip voltages
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsGeorge William Alexander, Steven Michael Baker
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Abstract
A method of regulating a voltage of an internal voltage generator of an integrated circuit that includes sensing a temperature of an integrated circuit, comparing the sensed temperature with a voltage of a network of the integrated circuit and regulating a voltage of an internal voltage generator of the integrated circuit based on the comparing.
Claims9
A voltage control system for a semiconductor device, comprising:
- an integrated circuit comprising an internal voltage generator and a network;
- a temperature sensor that is positioned so as to sense a temperature of said integrated circuit and generates a signal representative of said sensed temperature;
- a comparator connected to said temperature sensor and said network so as to receive said signal representative of said sensed temperature and a voltage of said network, wherein said comparator generates a regulating signal that is used to regulate a voltage of said internal voltage generator;
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- a control system that is connected to said integrated circuit and said comparator, wherein said control system receives said regulating signal and regulates said voltage of said internal voltage generator based on said regulating signal.
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A method of regulating a voltage of an internal voltage generator of an integrated circuit, comprising:
- sensing a temperature of an integrated circuit;
- comparing said sensed temperature with a voltage of a network of said integrated circuit;
- and
- regulating a voltage of an internal voltage generator of said integrated circuit based on said comparing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.