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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2013
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Douglas M. Daley, Wilshire, GB;
Hung H. Tran, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Wayne H. Woods, Jr., Burlington, VT (US);
Ze Zhang, Essex Junction, VT (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A first pair of resistors formed in a first layer of material, and a second pair of resistors formed in the first layer or in a second layer can be wired into a Wheatstone bridge to form a temperature sensor. Either layer can include a semiconductor or a dielectric. In a semiconductor layer, a pair of resistors can be doped areas of the layer, while in a dielectric, a pair of resistors can be material deposited in cavities in the layer, such as material from an added 'middle-of-line' (MOL) metallization layer.