INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING IT

摘要

PURPOSE: To obtain an integrated circuit element in which accurate and quick temperature control of the element itself is realized and an appropriate countermeasure can be taken quickly upon deterioration of performance or erroneous operation of an electronic apparatus by deciding quickly whether it is caused by abnormal temperature or not. CONSTITUTION: The integrated circuit element 10 comprises a semiconductor chip 12, and a temperature-sensitive membrane 15 for indicating the temperature variation in the form of resistance variation, for example. Abnormal temperature of the semiconductor chip 12 is detected based on the resistance variation of the temperature-sensitive membrane 15. A plurality of integrated circuit elements are mounted on an electronic apparatus in order to execute predetermined signal processing and the electronic apparatus comprises a section for detecting variation in the characteristic values of the temperature-sensitive membrane 15 as temperature information.