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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Munehiro Yoshida, Austin, TX (US);
David William Boerstler, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Munehiro Yoshida, Austin, TX (US);
David William Boerstler, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2006.01); G01K 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods, systems and thermal sensing apparatus are provided that use bandgap voltage reference generators that do not use trimming circuitry. Further, circuits, systems, and methods in accordance with the present invention are provided that do not use large amounts of chip real estate and do not require a separate thermal sensing element.