US Patent Application 18170401. TEMPERATURE SENSING BASED ON METAL RAILS WITH DIFFERENT THERMAL-RESISTANCE COEFFICIENTS simplified abstract
TEMPERATURE SENSING BASED ON METAL RAILS WITH DIFFERENT THERMAL-RESISTANCE COEFFICIENTS
Organization Name
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
Inventor(s)
Szu-Lin Liu of Hsinchu City (TW)
Wei-Lin Lai of Hsinchu City (TW)
Bei-Shing Lien of Taipei City (TW)
TEMPERATURE SENSING BASED ON METAL RAILS WITH DIFFERENT THERMAL-RESISTANCE COEFFICIENTS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18170401 titled 'TEMPERATURE SENSING BASED ON METAL RAILS WITH DIFFERENT THERMAL-RESISTANCE COEFFICIENTS
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a device and method for sensing temperature.
- The device includes a first resistor with a first metal rail in a first layer, which has a specific thermal-resistance coefficient.
- The device also includes a second resistor with a second metal rail in a second layer above the first layer, which has a different thermal-resistance coefficient.
- A sensing circuit is connected to both resistors and is designed to determine the temperature based on the thermal-resistance coefficients of the metal rails.
Original Abstract Submitted
Disclosed herein are related to a device and a method for sensing a temperature. In one aspect, the device includes a first resistor including a first metal rail in a first layer. The first metal rail may have a first thermal-resistance coefficient. In one aspect, the device includes a second resistor including a second metal rail in a second layer above the first layer along a direction. The second metal rail may have a second thermal-resistance coefficient. In one aspect, the device includes a sensing circuit coupled to the first resistor and the second resistor. The sensing circuit may be configured to determine a temperature, according to the first metal rail having the first thermal-resistance coefficient and the second metal rail having the second thermal-resistance coefficient.