Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Use of a thermistor within a reference signal generator
- Patent Title (中): 在参考信号发生器内使用热敏电阻
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Application No.: US14040839Application Date: 2013-09-30
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Publication No.: US09489000B2Publication Date: 2016-11-08
- Inventor: Aaron J. Caffee , Brian G. Drost
- Applicant: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Zagorin Cave LLP
- Main IPC: G05F3/16
- IPC: G05F3/16 ; G05F1/575

Abstract:
Reference signal generators using thermistors are disclosed. An apparatus includes a first device having a first temperature coefficient and a thermistor having a second temperature coefficient having a sign opposite to that of the first temperature coefficient. A circuit maintains equivalence of a first signal and a second signal and offsets a first temperature variation of the first device using a second temperature variation of the thermistor to generate the second signal having a low temperature coefficient. The first device may be a bipolar transistor configured to generate a base-emitter voltage and coupled in series with the thermistor. The first signal may be a first voltage on a first node. The second signal may be a second voltage on a second node. The circuit may be configured to maintain effective equivalence of the first voltage and the second voltage. The apparatus may include a resistor coupled to the second node.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150091537A1 USE OF A THERMISTOR WITHIN A REFERENCE SIGNAL GENERATOR Public/Granted day:2015-04-02
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