Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High dynamic range temperature sensor
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Application No.: US16385616Application Date: 2019-04-16
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Publication No.: US11237065B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Ramin Zanbaghi , John L. Melanson
- Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Applicant Address: GB Edinburgh
- Assignee: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: GB Edinburgh
- Agent E. Alan Davis; James W. Huffman
- Main IPC: G01K7/00
- IPC: G01K7/00 ; G01K7/34 ; G01K7/01

Abstract:
A temperature sensor having a two-state input current, an element whose temperature is sensed based on a change in voltage across the element induced by the two states of the input current, a charge-to-digital converter, and a capacitor continuously connected between the element and the charge-to-digital converter. The capacitor experiences a charge difference due to the change in voltage across the element induced by the two states of the input current, and the charge-to-digital converter converts the charge difference to a digital value indicative of the temperature of the element. A two-state DC-shifting current having opposite polarity of the two-state input current, a pull-down resistor whose voltage varies with the two-states of the DC-shifting current, and a second capacitor continuously connected between the pull-down resistor and the charge-to-digital converter operate to shift down a DC operating point of the charge-to-voltage converter to increase its dynamic range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200333196A1 HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE TEMPERATURE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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