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Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Hrl Laboratories, Llc, Malibu, CA (US);

Inventors:

James Chingwei Li, Simi Valley, CA (US);

Tahir Hussain, Calabasas, CA (US);

Assignee:

HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/417 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); G01K 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

A field effect transistor (FET) having a source, a drain and a gate includes a first connection electrically connected to the gate near a first end of the gate, a second connection electrically connected to the gate near the first end of the gate, a third connection electrically connected to the gate near a second end of the gate, and a fourth connection electrically connected to the gate near the second end of the gate. By performing gate resistance measurements at different ambient temperatures, a thermal coefficient of gate resistance can be derived and then used to monitor the gate temperature, which is representative of the channel temperature.


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