Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – External effect – Temperature
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-14
2006-02-14
Wells, Kenneth B. (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
External effect
Temperature
C374S170000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06998899
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for indirectly sensing the temperature of a power MOS device comprising a power MOS device having a current sense circuit for sensing the current in the power MOS device, a circuit for producing a voltage related to the drain-source voltage of the power MOS device, a comparator coupled to receive at a first input the voltage related to the drain-source voltage of the power MOS device and at a second input a voltage related to the current in the power MOS device, the comparator generating an overtemperature protection signal when a predetermined inequality between the voltages at the first and second inputs to the comparator occurs.
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Nadd Bruno C.
Thiery Vincent
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