Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Strain-insensitive temperature sensor
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Application No.: US14246461Application Date: 2014-04-07
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Publication No.: US10254176B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Aaron J. Caffee , Jeffrey L. Sonntag
- Applicant: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Zagorin Cave LLP
- Main IPC: G01K7/00
- IPC: G01K7/00 ; G01K7/24

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a thermistor having a variable resistance with a first dependence on absolute temperature. The apparatus includes a reference resistor having a resistance with a second dependence on absolute temperature, the second dependence being less than or having opposite polarity to the first dependence. The reference resistor includes a switched-capacitor circuit. The apparatus includes a node coupled between the thermistor and the reference resistor. The node is configured to provide a signal indicative of absolute temperature based on the variable resistance and the reference resistance. The signal may be strain-invariant, proportional to a reference voltage, and indicative of a ratio of the variable resistance to the reference resistance. The apparatus may include a feedback circuit configured to maintain the node at a predetermined voltage level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150285691A1 STRAIN-INSENSITIVE TEMPERATURE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2015-10-08
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