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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2018
Applicant:

TT Electronics Plc, Carrollton, TX (US);

Inventors:

James P. Cusey, Dallas, TX (US);

Alain Potteck, Montreal, CA;

Tri-Tue Truong, Ville Mont-Royal, CA;

Assignee:

TT ELECTRONICS PLC, Carrollton, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/08 (2020.01); G01J 1/08 (2006.01); G01J 1/32 (2006.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); H05B 45/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 45/10 (2020.01); G01J 1/0252 (2013.01); G01J 1/08 (2013.01); G01J 1/32 (2013.01); G01J 1/42 (2013.01); H05B 45/14 (2020.01); G01J 2001/086 (2013.01);
Abstract

A temperature-dependent current generator includes a first transistor connected between first and second nodes and providing a first voltage potential at the second node that decreases first order linearly when ambient temperature increases. The generator further includes an operational amplifier having first and second input terminals and an output terminal. The first input terminal is coupled to a second voltage potential that is first order independent of the ambient temperature. The second input terminal is coupled to a third node. The generator further includes a second transistor with gate, source, and drain terminals. The gate terminal is coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier. One of the source and drain terminals is coupled to the third node. The generator further includes a resistor coupled between the second and the third nodes. A resistance value of the resistor is first order independent of the ambient temperature.


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