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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Susumu Ueda, Okazaki, JP;
Susumu Ueda, Okazaki, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A temperature detection circuit includes a bandgap reference voltage generation circuit, a detection output circuit, and an output conversion circuit. The bandgap reference voltage generation circuit generates a first reference voltage and causes a bias current to flow through a current path to produce a thermal voltage. The current path has a first resistor. The detection output circuit has a second resistor and causes a mirror current of the bias current to flow through the second resistor. The output conversion circuit uses a second reference voltage to convert a voltage drop across the second resistor to a predetermined output form to detect a temperature. The first and second resistors are substantially identical in temperature dependence. The second reference voltage is generated from the first reference voltage.