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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/44 (2006.01); G01R 19/32 (2006.01); G01R 1/20 (2006.01); G01K 7/01 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 15/14 (2006.01); H01L 29/73 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/32 (2013.01); G01K 7/01 (2013.01); G01R 1/20 (2013.01); G01R 15/146 (2013.01); G01R 19/00 (2013.01); H01L 29/73 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a shunt resistor is provided, comprising two terminals, a semiconductor substrate embodying at least one temperature sensor comprising at least a temperature sensitive element comprising at least one pn-junction, and at least two metal layers above the semiconductor substrate, at least the upper of the metal layer comprising a path that electrically connects the two terminals, whereby the temperature sensor is below and within the periphery of the upper metal layer.