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Patent No.:

US 10937574 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2019

Vertically-constructed, temperature-sensing resistors and methods of making the same

Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Gregory Keith Cestra, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Andrew Strachan, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);

Attorneys:

Andrew R. Ralston

Charles A. Brill

Frank D. Cimino

Primary Examiner:

Kyung S Lee

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 7/06 (2006.01); H01C 17/24 (2006.01); H01C 7/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/01 (2006.01); H01L 49/02 (2006.01); H01C 17/242 (2006.01); H01C 13/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 7/008 (2013.01); G01K 7/01 (2013.01); H01C 7/006 (2013.01); H01C 7/06 (2013.01); H01C 13/02 (2013.01); H01C 17/24 (2013.01); H01C 17/242 (2013.01); H01L 28/20 (2013.01); H01L 27/0802 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus providing a vertically constructed, temperature sensing resistor are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of resistor unit cells arranged in an array, each resistor unit cell formed within the semiconductor substrate and including a top contact. A conductive layer located over the semiconductor substrate electrically connects to a subset of the top contacts.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Cestra, Gregory. (2021). Vertically-constructed, temperature-sensing resistors and methods of making the same (U.S. Patent No. 10937574). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10937574

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