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Patent No.:

US 12607522 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2022

Temperature sensor array and micro-heater thermal calibration

Applicant:

Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);

Inventors:

Randall Geiger, Ames, IA (US);

Degang James Chen, Ames, IA (US);

Pallavi Sugantha Ebenezer, Ames, IA (US);

Ruohan Yang, Ames, IA (US);

Bryce Sena Gadogbe, Ames, IA (US);

Kwabena Oppong Banahene, Ames, IA (US);

Douglas Ambrose Zuercher, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Assignee:

Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);

Attorney:

Withrow & Terranova, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Peter J Macchiarolo

Assistant Examiner:

Mireille S Sadate-Moualeu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2006.01); G01K 1/02 (2021.01); G01K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 15/005 (2013.01); G01K 1/026 (2013.01); G01K 7/01 (2013.01); G01K 15/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for an improved method for sensing the temperature at an individual sensor location that is both small in size, and the temperature can be determined independent of the temperature of the Temperature Management Controller (TMC). The method includes determining the temperature at the temperature sensing element or circuit based on a function of two voltages measured at the temperature sensing element. In a first embodiment, the two voltages are measured at two transistors that are each being supplied with the same current. In another embodiment, the temperature sensing element includes a single transistor that is supplied with two different currents at different times, and the voltages are measured at the same current, with each of the two voltages being measured based on the two currents being supplied to the transistor.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Geiger, Randall. (2026). Temperature sensor array and micro-heater thermal calibration (U.S. Patent No. 12607522). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12607522

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