The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Christian Lindholm, Villach, AT;
Henrik Hassander, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Christian Lindholm, Villach, AT;
Henrik Hassander, Villach, AT;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G05F 3/30 (2006.01); H01L 23/34 (2006.01); G05F 3/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/00 (2006.01); G01K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 3/30 (2013.01); H01L 23/345 (2013.01); G01K 1/00 (2013.01); G05F 1/00 (2013.01); G05F 3/00 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus that includes an integrated chip having a bandgap reference circuit and one or more heating elements. The bandgap reference circuit is located within a subset of the integrated chip and outputs a reference voltage having a temperature dependence. The one or more of the heating elements vary the temperature of the subset of the integrated chip.