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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Arijit Raychowdhury, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Hasnain Lakdawala, Beaverton, OR (US);
Yee (William) LI, Beaverton, OR (US);
Greg Taylor, Portland, OR (US);
Soumyanath Krishnamurthy, Portland, OR (US);
Arijit Raychowdhury, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Hasnain Lakdawala, Beaverton, OR (US);
Yee (William) Li, Beaverton, OR (US);
Greg Taylor, Portland, OR (US);
Soumyanath Krishnamurthy, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A thermal sensor is provided that includes a front-end component, an analog-to-digital converter and a digital backend. The front-end component including an array of current sources, a dynamic element matching (DEM) device, an analog chopper and two diodes to sense temperatures on the die. The front-end component to provide analog signals at two output nodes based on currents through the two diodes. The analog-to-digital converter to receive the analog signals from the front-end component and to provide an output signal. The digital backend to receive the output signal from the analog-to-digital converter and to provide a calculated temperature.