Apparatus for detecting localized high temperatures in electronic components

Claim 1

IN A TEMPERATURE MONITORING APPARATUS, A PLURALITY OF TRANSISTORS MOUNTED IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE, SAID TRANSISTORS BEING ENCLOSED BY PROTECTIVE COVERINGS, AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT MOUNTED IN THE SAME ENCLOSED SPACE, SAID ADDITIONAL COMPONENT HAVING A PROTECTIVE COATING SIMILAR TO THAT OF SAID TRANSISTORS, SAID ADDITIONAL COMPONENT FURTHER COMPRISING A P-N JUNCTION, A HEAT SENSITIVE ELEMENT SPACED FROM SAID P-N JUCTION, AN ELEMENT OF HIGH HEAT CONDUCTIVITY BRIDGING THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID HIGH SENSITIVE ELEMENT AND SAID P-N JUNCTION, AND A CONTROL CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO SAID HEAT SENSITIVE ELEMENT, SAID CONTROL CIRCUIT BEING COUPLED TO CHANGE THE OPERATION OF SAID TRANSISTORS UPON CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE OF SAID HEAT SENSITIVE ELEMENT.