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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:
Dec. 01, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2018
Applicant:

Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventor:

Ravichandar Reddy Geetla, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2006.01); H03K 4/48 (2006.01); H03K 5/08 (2006.01); H03K 5/26 (2006.01); H03K 21/38 (2006.01); H03M 1/06 (2006.01); G01K 15/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2013.01); G01K 15/005 (2013.01); H03K 4/48 (2013.01); H03K 5/084 (2013.01); H03K 5/26 (2013.01); H03K 21/38 (2013.01); H03M 1/0607 (2013.01); H03M 1/56 (2013.01); G01K 2219/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Performing a temperature measurement operation includes a first phase and a second phase. The first phase includes providing a voltage indicative of a measured temperature to a first input of a comparator, providing a ramp signal to a second input of the comparator, and generating at an output of the comparator, pulses based on a comparison of the first input to the second input of the comparator. The second phase includes providing the voltage indicative of a measured temperature to the second input of the comparator, providing the ramp signal to the first input of the comparator, and generating at an output of the comparator, pulses based on a comparison of the first input to the second input of the comparator. Performing the temperature measurement operation also includes utilizing the pulses generated during the first and second phases to provide a digital indication of the measured temperature.


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