Patent ID: 9347835
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G01K

Claim Text:
1. A semiconductor chip comprising: a semiconductor device; a peak power dissipation sensor configured to sense the peak power dissipation in the device and output a signal representative of said peak power dissipation; a temperature sensor configured to sense an average temperature of the device and output a signal representative of said average temperature; a maximum allowable peak power dissipation determining circuit configured to determine a maximum allowable peak power dissipation based at least in part on said signal representative of said average temperature, and to output a signal representative of the maximum allowable peak power dissipation; and a comparator configured to compare said signal representative of said peak power dissipation with said signal representative of the maximum allowable peak power dissipation, and to output a signal indicative or a thermal safe operating area violation if the peak power dissipation exceeds the maximum allowable peak power dissipation.