Patent ID: 7560954
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: G01K,G06F,H03F,H03K

Abstract:
1. A programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device comprising: a programmable logic block; a digital input/output circuit block; a non-volatile memory block; an analog input/output circuit block including, at least one junction temperature-sensing circuit comprising a diode connected transistor; and a programmable interconnect architecture including programmable elements and interconnect conductors, ones of said programmable elements coupled to said programmable logic block, said non-volatile memory block, said analog input/output circuit block, said digital input/output circuit block, and to said interconnect conductors, such that inputs and outputs of said programmable logic block, said non-volatile memory block, said analog circuit block, said analog input/output circuit block, and said digital input/output circuit block can be programmably coupled to one another; and temperature control logic for executing a temperature control method comprising: