THERMAL SENSOR AND METHOD OF TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT

A thermal sensor in some embodiments comprises two temperature-sensitive branches, each including a thermal-sensing device, such as one or more bipolar-junction transistors, and a current source for generating a current density in the thermal-sensing device to generate a temperature-dependent signal...

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Main Authors HORNG, JAW-JUINN, LIU, SZU-LIN
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 11.05.2021
Subjects
MEASURING
MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT
MEASURING TEMPERATURE
PHYSICS
TESTING
THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Summary:A thermal sensor in some embodiments comprises two temperature-sensitive branches, each including a thermal-sensing device, such as one or more bipolar-junction transistors, and a current source for generating a current density in the thermal-sensing device to generate a temperature-dependent signal. The thermal sensor further includes a signal processor configured to multiply the temperature-dependent signal from the branches by respective and different gain factors, and combine the resultant signals to generate an output signal that is substantially proportional to the absolute temperature the thermal sensor is disposed at.
Bibliography:Application Number: TW20198134913