US Patent Issued to Rohm on Oct. 7 for "Semiconductor device, temperature detection system, and vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,038, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Semiconductor device, temperature detection system, and vehicle" was invented by Takahiro Kotani (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes a power element, a drive circuit configured to drive the power element, and a temperature detection circuit configured to be capable of detecting a temperature of 0deg C. or lower. The temperature detection circuit is configured to generate and output, based on a voltage signal that is temperature-temperature, a detection signal having a lower temperature-dependent change rate than the voltage s...