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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2005
Hideyuki Aota, Hyogo, JP;
Hirofumi Watanabe, Hyogo, JP;
Hideyuki Aota, Hyogo, JP;
Hirofumi Watanabe, Hyogo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A temperature sensor comprises (a) a first voltage generating circuit that generates and outputs a first voltage having a positive or negative temperature coefficient in proportion to the absolute temperature; (b) a second voltage generating circuit that generates a second voltage having an opposite sign of temperature coefficient compared to the first voltage and outputs a reference voltage that does not have a temperature coefficient based on the second voltage; and (c) a comparator that compares the first voltage output from the first voltage generating circuit with the reference voltage output from the second voltage generating circuit.