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Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2020
Applicant:

Himax Imaging Limited, Tainan, TW;

Inventors:

Sang Hyeon Lee, Tainan, TW;

Hack soo Oh, Tainan, TW;

Assignee:

Himax Imaging Limited, Tainan, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/14 (2021.01); G01K 15/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/14 (2013.01); G01K 7/01 (2013.01); G01K 15/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

An on-chip temperature sensor for generating a digital output signal representing a temperature value includes: a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) buffer for alternately generating a first voltage signal representing a first temperature of the PTAT buffer and a second voltage signal representing a second temperature of the PTAT buffer; an analog to digital (A/D) converter, coupled to the PTAT buffer, for converting the first voltage signal to a first digital voltage signal and for converting the second voltage signal to a second digital voltage signal; and a digital output generating block, for receiving the first digital voltage signal and the second digital voltage signal, and comparing a difference between the first digital voltage signal and the second digital voltage signal with a digital voltage reference signal to generate the digital output signal.


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