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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Atieva, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Inventor:

Yifan Tang, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

ATIEVA, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2006.01); G01F 1/68 (2006.01); G01K 7/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/00 (2013.01); G01K 7/346 (2013.01); G01K 2217/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power device temperature monitor is provided. The power device temperature monitor includes a power device having a control terminal and an output terminal, where the output terminal is configured to output a current as directed by a voltage of the control terminal. The power device temperature monitor includes an inductor coupled to the output terminal of the power device and an amplifier coupled to the inductor. The power device temperature monitor includes a computing device that receives an output of the amplifier, the computing device is configured to derive a temperature of the power device based upon the output of the amplifier.


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