Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transducer temperature sensing
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Application No.: US15887923Application Date: 2018-02-02
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Publication No.: US10663418B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: David Patrick Magee , Stephen John Fedigan
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Ray A. King; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01R27/00
- IPC: G01R27/00 ; G01N27/02 ; G01K7/16 ; B06B1/02 ; G05D23/19 ; G05B1/03 ; H03K7/08 ; B06B1/06

Abstract:
In described examples, one or more devices include: apparatus including a lens element and a transducer to vibrate the lens element at an operating frequency when operating in an activated state; and controller circuitry. The controller circuitry is arranged to measure an impedance of the apparatus, to determine an estimated temperature of the apparatus in response to the measured impedance, to compare the estimated temperature against a temperature threshold for delineating an operating temperature range of the apparatus, and to toggle an activation state of the transducer in response to comparing the estimated temperature against the temperature threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180224385A1 TRANSDUCER TEMPERATURE SENSING Public/Granted day:2018-08-09
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