Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated circuit with integrated current sensor
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Application No.: US14766991Application Date: 2013-02-15
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Publication No.: US10041978B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Alain Salles , Kamel Abouda , Patrice Besse
- Applicant: Alain Salles , Kamel Abouda , Patrice Besse
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agent Charlene R. Jacobsen
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/000425 WO 20130215
- International Announcement: WO2014/125317 WO 20140821
- Main IPC: G01R1/20
- IPC: G01R1/20 ; G01R15/18 ; H01L25/065 ; G01R31/28 ; G01R3/00 ; G01R19/00 ; H01L49/02 ; H01L27/02

Abstract:
An integrated circuit die includes a stack of a substrate and multiple layers extending in parallel to the substrate. A number of integrated electronic components is formed in the stack, and connected to form an electronic circuit. The electronic circuit comprises a first electric contact, a second electric contact, and a coupling which couples the electric strips electrically to each other. The coupling includes a circuit via which extends through at least two of the layers. The die further includes an integrated current sensor having a coil arrangement for sensing a current flowing through a part of the electronic circuit. The coil arrangement is magnetically coupled to the circuit via over at least a part of a length of the circuit via to sensing a magnetic flux through the circuit via. A measurement unit can measure a parameter of the coil arrangement representative of a current flowing through the circuit via.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150369845A1 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH INTEGRATED CURRENT SENSOR Public/Granted day:2015-12-24
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