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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7315792 | Temperature detector providing multiple detected temperature points using single branch and method of detecting shifted temperature A temperature detector and method of detecting a shifted temperature provides multiple detected temperature points using a single branch. The temperature detector generates multiple detected temperature points in response to temperature control signals sequentially ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7275011 | Method and apparatus for monitoring integrated circuit temperature through deterministic path delays An apparatus for monitoring the temperature of an integrated circuit device includes a conductive wiring pattern formed on the integrated circuit device, extending into areas of the device to be monitored. A deterministic signal source is configured to generate a de... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269481 | Method and apparatus for memory bandwidth thermal budgetting An electronic system includes a device and a controller to the device. The controller is adapted to calculate a temperature estimate of the device and to control access to the device in accordance with the calculated temperature estimate. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7248147 | Perishable product electronic label including time and temperature measurement An electronic assembly may be contained in a label that performs time-temperature integration (TTI) and indicates that time and/or temperature levels have been reached that may compromise the quality, shelf life, or safety of the item to which the label is affixed. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7197421 | Method and system for a temperature sensor for transmitter output power compensation In an RF communication system, aspects of a method for a temperature sensor for transmitter output power compensation may comprise generating an output voltage, which may vary with temperature, from at least one reference voltage, wherein at least one reference volt... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7180380 | Zoned thermal monitoring An integrated circuit includes a first temperature sensing device providing an indication of a sensed temperature, a correlation oscillator circuit positioned adjacent to the first temperature sensing device, a plurality of other oscillator circuits, and storage loc... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167060 | Oscillation circuits including latches for integrated circuit devices and related methods An oscillator circuit may include a latch circuit, a feed-back circuit, and an input circuit. The latch circuit may be configured to generate an oscillating output signal responsive to first and second input signals, and the feed-back circuit may be configured to ge... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7145380 | Low power consumed and small circuit area occupied temperature sensor A circuit and a method are provided for sensing integrated circuit temperatures using low power and small area. This temperature sensor is more accurate than other temperature sensors, since it uses a reference voltage which has a steeper slope versus temperature. A... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144152 | Apparatus for thermal management of multiple core microprocessors An apparatus for managing the temperature of an integrated circuit having a multiple core microprocessor is described. Specifically, thermal sensors are placed at potential hot spots throughout each microprocessor core. A thermal management unit monitors the thermal... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7116181 | Voltage- and temperature-compensated RC oscillator circuit An integrated temperature-compensated RC oscillator circuit includes an inverter having an input and an output. An RC network is coupled between the inverter and a pair of comparators. A first comparator has an inverting input coupled to a first reference voltage, a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107178 | Temperature sensing circuit for use in semiconductor integrated circuit A temperature sensing circuit has numerous trip points in conformity with a temperature change without adding decrease resistance branches, so as to obtain a fine control based on the temperature change. Accordingly, when employed in a semiconductor memory device, t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7071723 | Mapping variations in local temperature and local power supply voltage that are present during operation of an integrated circuit A method includes providing an integrated circuit (IC) having a plurality of oscillators at distributed locations in the IC, determining a respective rate of oscillation of each of the oscillators, and detecting variations in local temperature in the IC based on the... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068021 | System and method for controlling output-timing parameters of power converters A system and method is provided for utilizing output-timing data to control at least one output timing parameter of a point-of-load (“POL”) regulator. Specifically, a power supply controller (“controller”) is adapted to transmit output-timing data to at leas... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066643 | Radio frequency temperature sensor and method of calibrating temperature therefor A radio frequency temperature sensor and a method of calibration temperature therefor are disclosed. An active radio frequency temperature sensor including a ring oscillator, a memory, a frequency counter, a radio frequency transmission interface and a micro-control... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057495 | Perishable product electronic label including time and temperature measurement An electronic assembly may be contained in a label that performs time-temperature integration (TTI) and indicates that time and/or temperature levels have been reached that may compromise the quality, shelf life, or safety of the item to which the label is affixed. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052178 | Implantable inductively programmed temperature sensing transponder A method for determining temperature from a transponder utilizing a thermistor and a running counter comprises providing a running count which varies as a function of temperature; latching the count at predetermined time intervals; determining the difference between... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7049798 | System and method for communicating with a voltage regulator A system and method is provided for using a point-on-load (“POL”) control unit to program and/or monitor a POL regulator. Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, a power supply controller is adapted to provide initial-configuration data to at l... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7015826 | Method and apparatus for sensing and transmitting a body characteristic of a host A passive transponder including an integrated sensor is disclosed. The transponder receives an interrogation signal from a scanner, and is operable to transmit identification information and body characteristic information to a scanner. The scanner is operable to re... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6996491 | Method and system for monitoring and profiling an integrated circuit die temperature A system and method are provided for sensing a physical stimulus of an integrated circuit. The system and method operate with one or more active thermal sensors embedded in the die of an integrated circuit to provide highly accurate die temperature measurements. The... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6974252 | Failsafe mechanism for preventing an integrated circuit from overheating Techniques for preventing an integrated circuit (IC) from overheating are described herein. According to one embodiment, an exemplary process includes detecting whether a temperature of an integrated circuit (IC) exceeds a threshold independent of an operating state... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6949916 | System and method for controlling a point-of-load regulator A system and method is provided for using a serial bus to communicate (either passively or actively) with a point-of-load (“POL”) regulator. Specifically, a power supply controller (“controller”) communicates with at least one POL regulators by writing and/o... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6936999 | System and method for controlling output-timing parameters of power converters A system and method is provided for utilizing output-timing data to control at least one output timing parameter of a point-of-load (“POL”) regulator. Specifically, a power supply controller (“controller”) is adapted to transmit output-timing data to at leas... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934652 | On-chip temperature measurement technique A temperature monitoring technique that eliminates the need for bipolar devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, a long-channel MOS transistor is configured in a diode connection to sense change in temperature. The diode drives a linear regulator and an ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6914764 | On-chip thermal sensing circuit An on-chip thermal sensing circuit is disclosed. The thermal sensing circuit including a detection circuit located on an integrated circuit (IC) for detecting a local temperature of the IC. The output of the thermal sensor has a frequency that is directly related to... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6893154 | Integrated temperature sensor An apparatus and method are provided for sensing a physical stimulus of an integrated circuit. The apparatus and method allow for accurate die temperature measurements of the integrated circuit and are able to provide a highly accurate die temperature measurement wi... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6874933 | Apparatus for digital temperature measurement in an integrated circuit A circuit for measuring temperature with all digital components in an integrated circuit. During manufacture, the number of clock period cycles during a known period of time at a predetermined temperature is stored in non-volatile memory. Later, during use of the in... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6806698 | Quantifying a difference between nodal voltages A method and apparatus that uses the difference between two nodal voltages, such as a temperature-independent voltage and a temperature-dependent voltage, to determine the actual temperature at a point on an integrated circuit is provided. Further, a method and appa... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6797297 | Indicating device and method for operating such a device An electrical cooking appliance has at least one cooktop with cooking zones becoming hot in a switched-on state, an optical residual heat indicator indicating hot cooking zones when line voltage is applied to the cooking appliance, a counter system switching off the... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6751282 | Signal active percentage monitor A method and apparatus are arranged to provide a multi-bit digital signal that represents a normalized percentage of time that a signal is active. The apparatus includes an N-bit counter that is periodically reset to an initialization condition, and a logic block th... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6746829 | Thermal development system and apparatus In a thermal developing method for continuously and thermally developing thermal developing sheets which have a latent image formed thereon by exposure and various sizes, a minimum temperature recovery time required for thermally developing a next thermal developing... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6695475 | Temperature sensing circuit and method A method and circuit are disclosed for measuring temperature. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first oscillator circuit that generates a first signal having a frequency that is dependent upon a sensed temperature. Difference cir... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6685458 | Split metal die assembly with injection cycle monitor A die assembly for forming wax patterns is provided, including at least two cooperating mold portions together defining a main cavity, a runner in communication with the main cavity, a temperature sensor disposed proximate the runner, and a counter couple... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6115441 | Temperature detector systems and methods A temperature detector comprising temperature sensing circuitry, calibration circuitry, and power regular circuitry. The temperature sensing circuitry has an output that varies with temperature to create a temperature variation. The calibration circuitry ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6091255 | System and method for tasking processing modules based upon temperature An on-chip thermometer and methods for using the on-chip thermometer to measure a local temperature and to operate an integrated circuit. The on-chip thermometer comprises a clock circuit, a temperature responsive circuit, and a counter. The clock circuit... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6011827 | Electronic hub odometer A system for electronically measuring the distance that a wheel has traveled can be used on a tractor-trailer combination vehicle to independently monitor mileages for the tractor and the trailer. An axle on the tractor and an axle on the trailer each has... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5899570 | Time-based temperature sensor system and method therefor A time-based digital temperature sensing system has a first oscillator which is temperature sensitive. The first oscillator has a temperature coefficient which allows the first oscillator to generate an output signal which varies linearly as a function of... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5835553 | Semiconductor integrated circuit having a digital temperature sensor circuit In a semiconductor integrated circuit, a temperature sensor circuit includes a pulse source for generating a count pulse and a resistor having a resistance changing dependently upon a temperature change. The temperature detecting circuit is configured to ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5828248 | Method and apparatus for generating a clock signal which is compensated for a clock rate thereof A deviation of a clock rate of the timepiece clock signal is determined relative to a reference clock rate of a reference clock signal (CR) which is either issued while the mobile unit is switched on or is contained in a received signal. The reference clo... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5638418 | Temperature detector systems and methods A temperature detector comprises temperature sensing circuitry calibration circuitry, and power regular circuitry. The temperature sensing circuitry has an output that varies with a temperature to create a temperature variation. The calibration circuitry ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5592827 | Temperature controlling method of refrigerator using microprocessor A temperature controlling method of a refrigerator by using a microprocessor includes the steps of: sampling digitized temperature values counted by an analog-to-digital converter according to a predetermined temperature range by a predetermined frequency... | 01/14/1997 |
