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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Von Der Ropp, Germering, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/00 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor device is described in which an integrated circuit executes dummy operating cycles in order to generate heat if the temperature of the semiconductor device drops below a lower limit value. In this manner the semiconductor device can be rated for lower temperatures than the construction tolerances of the semiconductor device would allow.