- Patent Title: Switched-resistor sensor bridge, corresponding system and method
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Application No.: US16512912Application Date: 2019-07-16
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Publication No.: US10900849B2Publication Date: 2021-01-26
- Inventor: Santo Alessandro Smerzi
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Priority: IT102016000060487 20160613
- Main IPC: G01L1/22
- IPC: G01L1/22 ; G01K9/00 ; G01K7/16 ; G01L1/18 ; G01L9/00

Abstract:
A sensing bridge includes first and second branches in parallel, the first branch including a first resistor in series with a first switch, the second branch including a second resistor in series with a second switch. Resistances of the resistors vary with a sensed physical variable. The branches switch between first and second phases, with the first switch closed and the second switch open during the first phase, and the first switch open and the second switch closed during the second phase. A reference block generates a control signal from the resistance of the variable resistors during the first and second phases. An oscillator generates an oscillating signal during the first and second phases from the variable sense current during the first and second phases. Processing circuitry determines a value of the sensed physical value from an algebraic combination of the oscillating signal during the first and second phases.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190339144A1 SWITCHED-RESISTOR SENSOR BRIDGE, CORRESPONDING SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
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