System and method for determining thermal shutdown characteristics

摘要

Systems and methods are disclosed to enable determining thermal protection characteristics of an integrated circuit. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) generator that provides a PTAT signal that varies as a function of temperature. Thermal protection control system provides an output signal indicative of a thermal protection condition based at least in part on the PTAT signal. A monitoring system that provides a path to enable selective measuring of at least one signal associated with operation of the thermal protection control system.