Implementation of a temperature sensor to control internal chip voltages
US6809978B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 13, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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.
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