Invention Publication
- Patent Title: DIGITAL TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING TEMPERATURE
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Application No.: US18216913Application Date: 2023-06-30
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Publication No.: US20240142316A1Publication Date: 2024-05-02
- Inventor: Hanseul KIM , Seongjin KIM
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Priority: KR 20220142439 2022.10.31
- Main IPC: G01K7/16
- IPC: G01K7/16

Abstract:
A digital temperature sensor includes a current generation circuit, an oscillation circuit, a conversion circuit and a calculation circuit. The current generation circuit generates a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) current and a complementary to absolute temperature (CTAT) current. The oscillation circuit generates a first clock signal having a first cyclic period based on the PTAT current and generates a second clock signal having a second cyclic period based on the CTAT current. The conversion circuit generates a first temperature code based on the first clock signal such that the first temperature code decreases as the operation temperature increases and generates a second temperature code based on the second clock signal such that the second temperature code increases as the operation temperature increases. The calculation circuit calculates a difference between the first temperature code and the second temperature code and generates a corrected temperature code based on the difference.
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