ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,004, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Temperature sensing circuit with shut off" was invented by Gordon Glen Rabjohn (Ottawa), Anatoli Pukhovski (Ottawa) and Pietro Natale Alessandro Chyurlia (Ottawa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature sensor circuit for sensing the temperature of an electronic component is disclosed. The temperature sensor circuit comprises a first transistor configured to be thermally isolated from the electronic component and being configured to sense an ambient temperature and a second transistor configured to be thermally linked to the electronic component ...