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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventors:
David Michael Susak, Chandler, AZ (US);
Raghuveer Murukumpet, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/00 (2006.01); G01K 15/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/01 (2006.01); G01K 7/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 15/005 (2013.01); G01K 7/01 (2013.01); G01K 7/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
A temperature sensor peripheral generates an output voltage that is proportional to temperature, whose temperature coefficient can be adjusted to any desired value, whose temperature coefficient can be either positive or negative, whose room temperature voltage can be adjusted to any desired value, and whose temperature coefficient and room temperature voltage adjustments are independent from one another.