Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High accuracy temperature sensor
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Application No.: US15178363Application Date: 2016-06-09
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Publication No.: US10024729B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Saurabh Kumar Singh
- Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Addison
- Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Addison
- Agency: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP
- Priority: IN201641007655 20160304
- Main IPC: G01K7/34
- IPC: G01K7/34 ; G05F3/24 ; H03M3/00

Abstract:
A temperature sensor is disclosed. In one aspect, the temperature sensor provides a digital output having a precise degree/code step. For example, each step in the digital output code may correspond to one degree Celsius. In one aspect, a temperature sensor comprises a precision band-gap circuit and a sigma delta modulator (SDM) analog-to-digital convertor (ADC). A bandgap voltage and a PTAT voltage may be provided from the band-gap circuit as an input to the SDM ADC. The SDM ADC may produce an output based on the difference between the PTAT voltage and the bandgap voltage. The temperature sensor may also have logic that outputs a temperature code based on the output of the SDM ADC.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170257113A1 High Accuracy Temperature Sensor Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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