Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power transistors with a resistor coupled to a sense transistor
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Application No.: US15859470Application Date: 2017-12-30
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Publication No.: US10422818B2Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Tikno Harjono , Vijay Krishnamurthy , Min Chu , Kuntal Joardar , Gary Eugene Daum , Subrato Roy , Vinayak Hegde , Ankur Chauhan , Sathish Vallamkonda , Md Abidur Rahman , Eung Jung Kim
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agency: Rose Alyssa Keagy
- Agent Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01R15/14
- IPC: G01R15/14 ; H01L27/06 ; H03K17/567 ; H01L25/18 ; H01L49/02

Abstract:
An electronic device comprises: a first semiconductor die; a power transistor integrated in the first semiconductor die, the power transistor comprising a gate, a first terminal, and a second terminal; a sense transistor integrated in the first semiconductor die, the sense transistor comprising a gate coupled to the gate of the power transistor, a first terminal, and a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the power transistor; and a first resistor integrated in the first semiconductor die, the first resistor comprising a polysilicon section and a metal section coupled to the polysilicon section, the first resistor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the first resistor is coupled to the first terminal of the sense transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190204361A1 POWER TRANSISTORS WITH A RESISTOR COUPLED TO A SENSE TRANSISTOR Public/Granted day:2019-07-04
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