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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2002
Applicants:
Joachim Gerhard Clabes, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald Nick Kalla, Round Rock, TX (US);
Stephen Douglas Weitzel, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joachim Gerhard Clabes, Austin, TX (US);
Ronald Nick Kalla, Round Rock, TX (US);
Stephen Douglas Weitzel, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H005/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An on-chip thermal sensing circuit is disclosed. The thermal sensing circuit including a detection circuit located on an integrated circuit (IC) for detecting a local temperature of the IC. The output of the thermal sensor has a frequency that is directly related to the local temperature. The detection circuit has an associated time constant that is used to produce the frequency.