Use of DQ pins on a ram memory chip for a temperature sensing protocol
US6809914B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 13, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C7/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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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