Apparatus for detecting a current and temperature for an integrated circuit

摘要

The present invention discloses an apparatus for detecting a current flowing from a first node to a second node. One or more MOS devices are serially coupled between the first and second nodes. Each of the MOS devices has its body connected to its source and its gate connected to its drain for providing each MOS device with a voltage difference between its gate and its source that is lower than a threshold voltage of the same, such that a voltage difference measured between the first and second nodes responds to a change of the current exponentially.