PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15953019
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["327", "564000"]

Abstract:
A sensor circuit and integrated circuit having the same is disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor circuit includes first and second ring oscillators having different circuit topologies. A first counter is coupled to receive an output signal from the first ring oscillator, while a second counter is coupled to receive an output signal from the second ring oscillator. The sensor circuit further includes a local clock circuit that provides a clock signal to the first and second counters. Furthermore, the local clock circuit is coupled to provide the clock signal exclusively to circuitry within the sensor circuit, the circuitry including the first and second counters.

Claim (Index 10):
A method comprising:\n a first ring oscillator of a sensor circuit producing a first output signal; a second ring oscillator of the sensor circuit producing a second output signal; receiving, at first and second counters, a clock signal from a local clock circuit implemented in the sensor circuit; determining a frequency of the first output signal using the first counter coupled to receive the first output signal; and determining a frequency of the second output signal using the second counter coupled to receive the second output signal; wherein the method further comprises determining voltage and temperature values based on respective frequencies of the first and second output signals; wherein the method further comprises the local clock circuit providing the clock signal exclusively to circuitry implemented in the sensor circuit, the circuitry including the first and second counters.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.47826
- Patent Class: 327.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14868954', '15002495', '15272941', '13414673', '13764507']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7661482692364805
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4951949621812648
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7390529385309589
- Mean Citation Score: 215.27165600000004
- Max Citation Score: 271.1823
- Similarity Product: 214.1054403892636

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test