Abstract:
A power bipolar structure is described having at least one first, one second and one third terminal and including at least one power bipolar transistor having a finger structure coupled to at least one driving block. The power bipolar transistor includes at least one elemental bipolar cell connected to these first, second and third terminals and including at least one power elemental bipolar structure corresponding to a finger of the power bipolar transistor, electrically coupled between the first and second terminals and coupled to a driving section of the driving block by at least one sensing section able to detect information on the operation of the power elemental bipolar structure, the sensing section being in turn coupled to a control circuit and supplying it with a current value as a function of the local temperature of the power elemental bipolar structure.
Abstract:
A power bipolar structure is described having at least one first, one second and one third terminal and including at least one power bipolar transistor having a finger structure coupled to at least one driving block. The power bipolar transistor includes at least one elemental bipolar cell connected to these first, second and third terminals and including at least one power elemental bipolar structure corresponding to a finger of the power bipolar transistor, electrically coupled between the first and second terminals and coupled to a driving section of the driving block by at least one sensing section able to detect information on the operation of the power elemental bipolar structure, the sensing section being in turn coupled to a control circuit and supplying it with a current value as a function of the local temperature of the power elemental bipolar structure.