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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Szu-Lin Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Bei-Shing Lien, Taipei, TW;
Yi-Wen Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Chin-Ho Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Jaw-Juinn Horng, Hsinchu, TW;
Yung-Chow Peng, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a temperature-independent current generator that generates a reference current substantially independent of temperature and a mirror current that is a substantial duplicate of the reference current, a pulse signal generator that samples the mirror current so as to generate a pulse signal, and a counter that obtains a number of pulse signals generated by the pulse signal generator, that permits the pulse signal generator to generate a pulse signal when it is determined thereby that the number of pulse signals obtained thereby is less than a predetermined threshold value, and that inhibits the pulse signal generator from generating a pulse signal when it is determined thereby that the number of pulse signals obtained thereby is equal to the predetermined threshold value. A method for monitoring a temperature of the semiconductor device is also disclosed.