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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2018
Applicants:

Stmicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;

Stmicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);

Inventors:

Fuchao Wang, Plano, TX (US);

Olivier Leneel, Singapore, SG;

Ravi Shankar, Singapore, SG;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/00 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/34 (2006.01); H05B 3/12 (2006.01); H01L 23/34 (2006.01); H05B 3/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/0014 (2013.01); H01L 23/34 (2013.01); H01L 23/345 (2013.01); H05B 1/0227 (2013.01); H05B 3/02 (2013.01); H05B 3/06 (2013.01); H05B 3/12 (2013.01); H05B 3/34 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16225 (2013.01); H01L 2224/32225 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48091 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48227 (2013.01); H01L 2224/73204 (2013.01); H01L 2224/73265 (2013.01); H01L 2924/15311 (2013.01);
Abstract

An integrated circuit is provided having an active circuit. A heating element is adjacent to the active circuit and configured to heat the active circuit. A temperature sensor is also adjacent to the active circuit and configured to measure a temperature of the active circuit. A temperature controller is coupled to the active circuit and configured to receive a temperature signal from the temperature sensor. The temperature controller operates the heating element to heat the active circuit to maintain the temperature of the active circuit in a selected temperature range.


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