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US08785931B2 Semiconductor device 有权
半导体器件

Semiconductor device
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A semiconductor device capable of rapidly and accurately sensing the information regarding the temperature of a semiconductor transistor contained therein. A MOSFET includes a plurality of cells, and includes a main cell group including a cell for supplying a current to a load among the plurality of cells, and a sense cell group including a cell for sensing temperature information regarding the temperature of the MOSFET thereamong. The main cell group and the sense cell group have different temperature characteristics showing changes in electrical characteristics to changes in temperature. A temperature sensing circuit senses the temperature of the MOSFET based on, for example, a value of a main current flowing through the main cell group and a value of a sense current flowing through the sense cell group.
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