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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2017
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Tikno Harjono, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vijay Krishnamurthy, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Min Chu, Plano, TX (US);
Kuntal Joardar, Plano, TX (US);
Gary Eugene Daum, Orwigsburg, PA (US);
Subrato Roy, Bangalore, IN;
Vinayak Hegde, Honnavar, IN;
Ankur Chauhan, Bangalore, IN;
Sathish Vallamkonda, Murphy, TX (US);
Md Abidur Rahman, Richardson, TX (US);
Eung Jung Kim, Allen, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An electronic device comprises: a first semiconductor die; a power transistor integrated in the first semiconductor die, the power transistor comprising a gate, a first terminal, and a second terminal; a sense transistor integrated in the first semiconductor die, the sense transistor comprising a gate coupled to the gate of the power transistor, a first terminal, and a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the power transistor; and a first resistor integrated in the first semiconductor die, the first resistor comprising a polysilicon section and a metal section coupled to the polysilicon section, the first resistor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the first resistor is coupled to the first terminal of the sense transistor.