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Abstract

An arrangement for measuring the temperature of an electronic circuit, the arrangement comprising a measuring element being in close thermal communication with the electronic circuit, which measuring element comprises a temperature-dependent component in each one of at least two current paths and whose current-voltage characteristic is dependent on the temperature in accordance with a different predetermined function in at least two of the current paths, which temperature-dependent components can each be impressed with a predetermined current for generating a voltage dependent on the temperature at each one of the temperature-dependent components, and an evaluation circuit for forming an output voltage representing a measure of the temperature of the electronic circuit from the difference of the voltages at the temperature-dependent components. By measuring the output voltage of the arrangement according to the invention, it is possible to measure the instantaneous temperature of the semiconductor body in a simple, rapid and accurate manner. The measured value of the temperature may be directly evaluated by means of an electronic signal processing operation, for example, in an apparatus for performing the pre-measurement.

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