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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Barry Jon Male, San Francisco, CA (US);
Henry Litzmann Edwards, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/30 (2006.01); H01L 35/32 (2006.01); H03K 17/605 (2006.01); H03K 17/567 (2006.01); H03K 17/689 (2006.01); H01L 27/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/30 (2013.01); H01L 27/16 (2013.01); H01L 35/32 (2013.01); H03K 17/567 (2013.01); H03K 17/605 (2013.01); H03K 17/689 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system on an integrated circuit (IC) chip includes an input terminal and a return terminal. A heater coupled between the input terminal and the return terminal. A thermopile is spaced apart from the heater by a galvanic isolation region. A switch device includes a control input coupled to an output of the thermopile. The switch device is coupled to at least one output terminal of the IC chip.