Patent ID: 9683903
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G01K,G01R,H04Q

Claim:
1. A single integrated circuit device comprising: a substrate member comprising silicon bearing material; an integrated communication device configured on the substrate member; a voltage and temperature core configured on the substrate member in communication with a sensing device that is within a proximity of the integrated communication device, the voltage and temperature core comprising: a clock device comprising a first clock signal and a second clock signal; a first delay core comprising a first delay core output, the first delay core being coupled to the first clock signal and receiving input of the first clock signal; a second delay core comprising a second delay core output, the second delay core being coupled to the second clock signal and receiving input of the second clock signal, and coupled to the first delay core, the second clock signal being 180 degrees out of phase of the first clock signal; a common load feedback circuit coupled to the first delay core and being coupled to the second delay core through a common mode voltage extractor coupled to the first delay core output and the second delay core output; a common mode generator circuit coupled to the common load feedback circuit, the common mode generator circuit being configured to operate in a voltage measurement mode or a temperature measurement mode; a load equalizer device coupled to the second delay core output and common load voltage extractor; a comparator device coupled to the first delay core output and the common load voltage extractor, the comparator device configured to convert a first waveform from the common mode voltage extractor to a second waveform; a pulse width modulated signal generator coupled to an output of the of the comparator device to output a third waveform; and an input coupled to a reference generator; a multiplexer device coupled to the input of the sensing device; and a plurality of lines configured for transferring information, where the plurality of lines being numbered from 1 through N, where N is an integer greater than 2, each of the plurality of lines being connect to input of the sensing device through the multiplexer device, wherein the voltage and temperature core, the sensing device, and the integrated communication device are formed using a first nanometer-length manufacturing process.