Patent ID: 7638874

Claim:
A microelectronic package comprising: a substrate; a die bonded to the substrate; a thermal sensor connected to the substrate, wherein the thermal sensor is vertically aligned with a hot spot location of the die; and a heat management arrangement one of electrically coupled to the thermal sensor and adapted to be connected to the thermal sensor to control a temperature of the die as a function of a temperature signal from the thermal sensor, wherein the heat management arrangement consists of circuitry that is part of the die, the circuitry is directly electrically coupled to the thermal sensor and adapted to control an operation of other circuitry of the die in order to control a temperature of the die, wherein the thermal sensor is embedded in the substrate, the package further comprising electrical pathways extending in the substrate body and including contacts disclosed on a surface of the substrate body, the electrical pathways comprising electrical pathways extending from the thermal sensor to at least some of the contacts.