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Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2017
Applicant:

Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Bahman Yousefzadeh, Delft, NL;

Kamran Souri, Rijswijk, NL;

Kofi A. A. Makinwa, Delft, NL;

Assignee:

NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 15/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 15/005 (2013.01); G01K 7/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes: calculating a first calibration temperature based on a first ratio of a known external voltage to a delta voltage that is a difference between first and second base-emitter voltages of first and second sensing transistors, calculating a first sensed temperature based on a second ratio of the first base-emitter voltage to the delta voltage, adjusting one or more temperature fitting parameters based on a comparison of the first sensed temperature with the first calibration temperature; activating the on-chip heater; calculating a second calibration temperature based, at least in part, on a third ratio of the known external voltage to the delta voltage, calculating a second sensed temperature based on a fourth ratio of the first base-emitter voltage to the delta voltage, adjusting at least one of the one or more temperature fitting parameters based on a comparison of the second sensed temperature with the second calibration temperature.


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