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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Alberto Zanardi, Villach, AT;
Erich Scheikl, Villach, AT;
Robert Illing, Villach, AT;
Herbert Hopfgartner, Lieserbruecke, AT;
Alberto Zanardi, Villach, AT;
Erich Scheikl, Villach, AT;
Robert Illing, Villach, AT;
Herbert Hopfgartner, Lieserbruecke, AT;
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Abstract
A semiconductor device with a thermal fault detection is disclosed. According to one example of the invention such a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including an active area. It further includes a temperature sensor arrangement that provides a measurement signal dependent on the temperature in or close to the active area, the measurement signal having a slope of a time-dependent steepness, and an evaluation circuit that is configured to provide an output signal that is representative of the steepness of the slope of the measurement signal and further configured to signal a steepness higher than a predefined threshold.