Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Temperature sensor circuit and semiconductor device including the same
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Application No.: US16221341Application Date: 2018-12-14
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Publication No.: US10594303B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Joongho Choi , Hyeondeok Jeon
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc. , University Of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation
- Applicant Address: KR Icheon KR Seoul
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.,University Of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.,University Of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: KR Icheon KR Seoul
- Priority: KR10-2017-0184068 20171229
- Main IPC: G01K7/34
- IPC: G01K7/34 ; H03K3/03 ; H03K5/133 ; H03K5/134 ; G01K7/32 ; H03K5/00

Abstract:
A temperature sensor circuit may include a ring oscillator being enabled according to an enable signal and outputting a square wave signal with a first frequency, a divider dividing the first frequency of the square wave signal from the ring oscillator to generate a pulse signal with a second frequency, a counter counting a time interval of the pulse signal outputted from the divider according to an external clock to generate a count signal, a latch temporarily storing a value of the counter signal according to the pulse signal and outputting a digital code, and a supply voltage monitor being enabled according to the pulse signal, comparing a reference voltage to one or more comparison voltages and generating a switching logic signal. The reference voltage is kept at a substantially constant level when a level of a supply voltage changes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190207591A1 TEMPERATURE SENSOR CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-07-04
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