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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
May. 03, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hidemoto Tomita, Toyota, JP;
Yoshitaka Nagasato, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Okawa, Nisshin, JP;
Masakazu Kanechika, Nagakute, JP;
Hiroyuki Ueda, Nagakute, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device is capable of accurately sensing a temperature of a semiconductor element incorporated in a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device includes a temperature sensor. The temperature sensor includes a first nitride semiconductor layer of p-type, a first sense electrode, and a second sense electrode. The first sense electrode and the second sense electrode are located to be capable of passing an electric current between the first sense electrode and the second sense electrode through the first nitride semiconductor layer.