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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2017
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Philex Ming-Yan Fan, Cambridge, GB;
Richard Nguyen, Ingolstadt, DE;
Manjunatha Poojary, Cambridge, GB;
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A temperature sensor configured to generate a temperature-indicating signal with improved accuracy over a wide temperature range is disclosed. The temperature sensor includes a first oscillator configured to generate a first oscillating signal with a first frequency that varies with a sensed temperature and a reference parameter; a second oscillator configured to generate a second oscillating signal with a second frequency that varies with the reference parameter; and a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to generate a digital output indicative of the sensed temperature based on a ratio of the first frequency to the second frequency. Because the first and second frequencies depend on the reference parameter, and the temperature-indicating signal is a function of the ratio of the first and second frequencies, temperature-variation in the reference parameter cancels out in the temperature-indicating signal.