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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
May. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Arun Krishnamoorthy, Portland, OR (US);
Abram M. Detofsky, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Arun Krishnamoorthy, Portland, OR (US);
Abram M. Detofsky, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes providing an integrated circuit (IC) having a plurality of oscillators at distributed locations in the IC, determining a respective rate of oscillation of each of the oscillators, and detecting variations in local temperature in the IC based on the determined rates of oscillation. Other embodiments are described and claimed.