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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2021
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);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 35/30 (2006.01); H03K 17/567 (2006.01); H03K 17/605 (2006.01); H03K 17/689 (2006.01); H10N 10/13 (2023.01); H10N 10/17 (2023.01); H10N 19/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10N 10/13 (2023.02); H03K 17/567 (2013.01); H03K 17/605 (2013.01); H03K 17/689 (2013.01); H10N 10/17 (2023.02); H10N 19/00 (2023.02);
Abstract
A system on an integrated circuit (IC) chip includes an input terminal and a return terminal, a heater, a thermopile, and a switch device. The heater is coupled between the input terminal and the return terminal. The thermopile is spaced apart from the heater by a galvanic isolation region. The 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.