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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:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Chiaki Kumahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Tsurugasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Chiaki Kumahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Tsurugasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G01K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2013.01); G01K 15/007 (2013.01); G06F 1/325 (2013.01); G01K 2215/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a semiconductor device () includes a semiconductor chip () in which functional blocks (etc.) and a temperature sensor () are integrated. In this embodiment, in response to a change in an operation state of the semiconductor device (), the on-chip temperature sensor () operates to switch from a continuous operation in which it continuously measures a chip temperature to an intermittent operation in which it intermittently measures the chip temperature, or to change a time interval between intermittent measurements of the chip temperature.