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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Francesco Pulvirenti, Acireale, IT;
Assignee:
Thomson Microelectronics, S.R.L., Agrate Brianaza, IT;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257341 ; 257342 ; 257350 ; 257226 ; 257233 ; 257266 ; 257207 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to semiconductor integrated transistors comprising a conduction section and a sense section for the current flowing through the conduction section both sections being located within a region. To ensure that sensing is accurate and takes into account that the surface of the power transistor reach in operation a non-uniform temperature, the conduction section and sense section are located in such a manner that, in operation, the temperature distributions of the two sections are substantially equal.