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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Globalfoundries U.s. Inc., Malta, NY (US);
Inventors:
Zhixing Zhao, Dresden, DE;
Yiching Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc., Malta, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to built-in temperature sensors and methods of manufacture and operation. The structure includes: a semiconductor on insulator substrate; an insulator layer under the semiconductor on the insulator substrate; a handle substrate under insulator layer; a first well of a first dopant type in the handle substrate; a second well of a second dopant type in the handle substrate, adjacent to the first well; and a back-gate diode at a juncture of the first well and the second well.