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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Babak Taheri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gopal Patil, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sanjeev Maheshwari, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Babak Taheri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gopal Patil, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sanjeev Maheshwari, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of measuring the temperature of device under test includes the steps of injecting a first current into an on-chip diode wherein a die containing the on-chip diode is under test. A second current is injected into the on-chip diode. A junction temperature is calculated based on the first current and the second current.