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US 7,441,949 B2Granted
System and method for providing temperature data from a memory device having a temperature sensor
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsJeff W. Janzen, Jeffrey P. Wright, Todd D. Farrell
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Abstract
A circuit and method for providing temperature data indicative of a temperature measured by a temperature sensor. The circuit is coupled to the temperature sensor and configured to identify for a coarse temperature range one of a plurality of fine temperature ranges corresponding to the temperature measured by the temperature sensor and generate temperature data that is provided on an asynchronous output data path.
Claims5
A circuit for providing data representative of a measured temperature for a memory device, the circuit comprising:
- a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the memory device;
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- a temperature data output circuit coupled to the temperature sensor and configured to convert a measured temperature of the temperature sensor into temperature data that represents one of a plurality of fine temperature ranges within a current coarse temperature range corresponding to the measured temperature, the current coarse temperature range within a plurality of coarse temperature ranges, the same number of binary digits representing the one of a plurality of fine temperature ranges within the current coarse temperature range used to identify a fine temperature range in a different one of the plurality of coarse temperature range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.