Monitoring and Controlling Temperatures in Semiconductor Structure

An electronic device includes a semiconductor structure. A first temperature sensor is located at a hot spot of the semiconductor structure and a second temperature sensor is located at a cold spot of the semiconductor structure. A control block is configured to control current flow through the semi...

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Zusammenfassung:An electronic device includes a semiconductor structure. A first temperature sensor is located at a hot spot of the semiconductor structure and a second temperature sensor is located at a cold spot of the semiconductor structure. A control block is configured to control current flow through the semiconductor structure. For example, the control block is configured to cut off the current flow through the semiconductor structure when a temperature at the hot spot exceeds a first predefined threshold or when a temperature difference between the temperature at the hot spot and a temperature at the cold spot exceeds a second predefined threshold.