Patents by Inventor Zenko Gergintschw

Zenko Gergintschw has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Circuit configuration with temperature protection and method for implementing the temperature protection
    Patent number: 6541999
    Abstract: A configuration for protecting an integrated circuit against over-temperature conditions is described. The configuration has at least one detector device, which identifies a disturbance situation of the integrated circuit, at least one temperature sensor, which detects the temperature of at least one part of the integrated circuit, and a logic device. The logic device ascertains a disturbance mode in dependence a detected disturbance situation and/or the detected temperature and which allocates a first temperature switching stage to the temperature sensor in the normal mode and allocates a second, lower temperature switching stage to the temperature sensor in the disturbance mode. Furthermore, the invention relates to an integrated circuit having such a configuration and also to a method for protecting an integrated circuit against over-temperature conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Zenko Gergintschw, Holger Heil
  • Circuit configuration with temperature protection and method for implementing the temperature protection
    Publication number: 20020113617
    Abstract: A configuration for protecting an integrated circuit against over-temperature conditions is described. The configuration has at least one detector device, which identifies a disturbance situation of the integrated circuit, at least one temperature sensor, which detects the temperature of at least one part of the integrated circuit, and a logic device. The logic device ascertains a disturbance mode in dependence a detected disturbance situation and/or the detected temperature and which allocates a first temperature switching stage to the temperature sensor in the normal mode and allocates a second, lower temperature switching stage to the temperature sensor in the disturbance mode. Furthermore, the invention relates to an integrated circuit having such a configuration and also to a method for protecting an integrated circuit against over-temperature conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Zenko Gergintschw, Holger Heil