发明授权
- 专利标题: Device and method for evaluating a temperature
- 专利标题(中): 用于评估温度的装置和方法
-
申请号: US12179839申请日: 2008-07-25
-
公开(公告)号: US08070357B2公开(公告)日: 2011-12-06
- 发明人: Yoav Weizman , Lior Aviv , Shai Shperber
- 申请人: Yoav Weizman , Lior Aviv , Shai Shperber
- 申请人地址: US TX Austin
- 专利权人: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US TX Austin
- 主分类号: G01K7/00
- IPC分类号: G01K7/00
摘要:
A device having temperature evaluating capabilities, the device includes: (i) a temperature sensitive delay line that comprises multiple first type NMOS transistors and first type PMOS transistors; (ii) an configurable delay line that comprises second type NMOS transistors and second type PMOS transistors; wherein a process condition sensitivity of first type NMOS transistors and first type PMOS transistors substantially equals a process condition sensitivity of the second type NMOS transistors and second type PMOS transistors; wherein the configurable delay line is less sensitive to temperature than the temperature sensitive delay line; (iii) a phase detector, coupled to an output of the temperature sensitive delay line and to an output of the adjustable delay line, the phase detector is adapted to determine a difference between a delay introduced by the temperature sensitive delay line and a delay introduced by the adjustable delay line; and (iv) a controller, adapted to: (a) find a configuration of the configurable delay line that introduces a delay that substantially equals a delay introduced by the temperature sensitive delay line; and (b) determine a temperature of the temperature sensitive delay line in response to the found configuration.
公开/授权文献
- US20100020847A1 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING A TEMPERATURE 公开/授权日:2010-01-28
信息查询