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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7427158 | Advanced thermal sensor Systems and methods for reducing the complexity and size of thermal sensors, where the voltage of a thermally sensitive device is compared to a reference voltage that varies as a function of temperature, rather than being constant. One embodiment comprises a thermal... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7367712 | RTD measurement unit including detection mechanism for automatic selection of 3-wire or 4-wire RTD measurement mode An RTD measurement device including a mechanism for automatic selection of a 3-wire or 4-wire configuration mode of operation. The RTD measurement device may include detection circuitry to detect whether an RTD connected to the RTD measurement device via a plurality... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356716 | System and method for automatic calibration of a reference voltage A system and system for automatic voltage calibration is presented. A voltage calibration system includes three main units, which are a voltage level trimming unit, a trim detection unit, and a trim control unit. The three units work in conjunction with each other d... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7324398 | Memory devices configured to detect failure of temperature sensors thereof and methods of operating and testing same A memory device includes a temperature sensor configured to generate a temperature detection signal responsive to a temperature of the memory device and a self-refresh control circuit configured to control a refresh of the memory device responsive to the temperature... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314309 | Ambient and perfusion normalized temperature detector A body temperature detector is particularly suited to axillary temperature measurements of adults. The radiation sensor views a target surface area of the body and electronics compute an internal temperature of the body as a function of ambient temperature and sense... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312509 | Digital temperature sensing device using temperature depending characteristic of contact resistance A digital temperature sensing device uses temperature depending characteristic of contact resistance of a MOS transistor and a self-refresh driving device adjusts its self-refresh period depending on temperature using the digital temperature sensing device. The self... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309157 | Apparatus and method for calibration of a temperature sensor A circuit for temperature sensing provides a bias current to a PN junction, and the PN junction provides a PN junction voltage in response to the bias current. Also, a parasitic resistance may be coupled in series with the PN junction. The circuit for temperature se... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310656 | Grounded emitter logarithmic circuit A logarithmically-responding circuit includes a differential-input amplifier that drives the control terminal of a three-terminal device that exhibits an exponential response in its output current. This arrangement allows the third terminal to be grounded. In a pref... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7284904 | Electronic clinical thermometer An electronic clinical thermometer has a probe including a temperature sensor and a heat flux sensor which are controlled to make measurements at specified time intervals. The measured values are used in solving the equation of heat conduction to estimate the temper... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281846 | Integrated resistance cancellation in temperature measurement systems A temperature measurement device may be implemented by coupling a PN-junction, which may be comprised in a diode, to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that comprises an integrator. Different currents may be successively applied to the diode, resulting in differen... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7259707 | Semiconductor device with A/D converter A semiconductor device includes a reference voltage generating section configured to generate a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage based on a voltage supplied from an external power supply, and an AD (analog/digital) conversion circuit operating ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259686 | Two wire temperature transmitter A thermoelectric connector module (C) is disclosed which comprises input (2) and output (1E) connectors and contains signal conditioning circuitry (1C). The input connectors (2) are interfaced with a hand-held detector (7), and the... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258483 | Device for measuring the level and/or the temperature in a container A device for measuring at least one of a level and a temperature of a liquid in a container includes a resistor arrangement adapted to be immersed in the liquid. An immersed length of the resistor arrangement in the liquid corresponds to the level of the liquid in t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255475 | Thermometry probe calibration method A method in which thermal mass and manufacturing differences are compensated for in thermometry probes by storing characteristic data relating to individual probes into an EEPROM for each probe which is used by the temperature apparatus. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246656 | Vehicle air conditioner A vehicle air conditioner has an IR sensor that detects a temperature of air inside a vehicle compartment. The IR sensor is disposed on an instrument panel so that the sensor is disposed above switches and a face blowout port on the instrument panel. Accordingly, a ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248098 | Curvature corrected bandgap circuit An apparatus and method provide for curvature corrected temperature variations in a band-gap reference circuit. The apparatus includes a band-gap cell, an IPTAT circuit, a resistor, and a feedback circuit. The band-gap cell is arranged to provide a band-gap voltage.... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228508 | Fail-safe thermal sensor apparatus and method A fail-safe thermal sensor is implemented in an integrated circuit such as a microprocessor. The fail-safe thermal sensor monitors the temperature of the integrated circuit and halt logic halts operation of the integrated circuit in response to the fail-safe thermal... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223014 | Remotely programmable integrated sensor transmitter A remotely programmable integrated sensor transmitter device for measuring and reporting a physical quantity of a given medium comprises a sensor for measuring a physical quantity of a medium and providing an electrical output as a function of the property measured,... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216064 | Method and apparatus for programmable thermal sensor for an integrated circuit A programmable thermal sensor is implemented in an integrated circuit such as a microprocessor. The programmable thermal sensor monitors the temperature of the integrated circuit, and generates an output to indicate that the temperature of the integrated circuit has... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204638 | Precise temperature sensor with smart programmable calibration A temperature sensor with a plurality of temperature sense points based on a bandgap reference circuit providing negative temperature coefficient reference voltages and a positive temperature coefficient reference voltage. All negative temperature coefficient refere... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7180211 | Temperature sensor A temperature sensor is comprised of a device adapted to provide a first signal having a parameter responsive to temperature. A generator provides a reference signal having a parameter that is substantially consistent over a preselected temperature range. A comparat... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170334 | Switched current temperature sensing circuit and method to correct errors due to beta and series resistance A switched current temperature sensing circuit comprises a BJT arranged to conduct a forced emitter current IE of the form Ifixed+(Ifixed/β), such that the base current is given by Ifixed/β and the collector current is g... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170275 | Method and apparatus for determining the temperature of a junction using voltage responses of the junction and a correction factor Method and system for periodically measuring the junction temperature of a semiconductor device. The junction is excited by at least two sequential predetermined currents of different magnitudes. The voltage response of the junction to the at least two currents is m... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159788 | Interior temperature sensing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for more accurately determining the room temperature of air in an automobile cabin by automatically determining the room temperature of air in an automobile based on one or more of a temperature value for solid mass surrounding a temperature s... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140768 | System and method of monitoring temperature A temperature monitoring system includes a device for monitoring temperature over a period of time, an adaptor in communication with the temperature monitoring device (TMD) and a data programming device (DPD) in communication with the adaptor. The TMD includes a tem... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7109858 | Method and system for efficiently regulating data transmissions A remote device or module sends data to a base station when the change in data from the last transmission exceeds a predetermined threshold. The invention also allows for transmission at a minimal specific time interval. Additionally, the device allows for transmiss... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7083328 | Remote diode temperature sense method with parasitic resistance cancellation The temperature of an internally or remotely sensed diode is determined using sequential currents applied to the diode, while compensating for parasitic resistance effects on the sensed diode so that the temperature indication is accurate. A method or circuit is pro... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7064558 | Millivolt output circuit for use with programmable sensor compensation integrated circuits An output sensor apparatus, system, and method including a circuit having a plurality of bridge resistors and one or more connecting resistors coupled to the plurality of bridge resistors. Additionally, a programmable amplifier can be coupled to the connecting resis... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7052179 | Temperature detector An integrated temperature sensor having a first PNP-type bipolar transistor diode-connected between a first terminal and a second terminal of the sensor intended to be connected to a reference supply rail; a resistive element and a second diode-connected PNP-type bi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048438 | Solid state temperature measuring device and method A method and system for automated temperature measurement is described. The system includes a programmable logic controller, a temperature measurement diode, an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the diode and the programmable logic controller, a current source ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033071 | Method and apparatus for correcting sensor signal in temperature A slope correction signal setting unit is configured to output selectively one of a plurality of direct current signals according to the sensed temperature parameter signal. Levels of the plurality of direct current signals are determined to correspond to the predet... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7016741 | Process control loop signal converter A device for use in a process control system includes a first pair of electrical connections configured to couple to a two-wire process control loop. The loop includes a two-wire process variable transmitter. A second pair of electrical connections is configured to ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997606 | Threshold temperature sensor comprising room temperature test means An integrated temperature sensor delivers threshold detection signals when temperature thresholds have been exceeded. The temperature sensor includes a circuit for detecting a first temperature threshold having a first detection threshold, and for detecting a second... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997605 | Device for detection of the temperature in the interior of a vehicle The device for detection of the temperature in the interior of a vehicle, particularly for an air-conditioning system of a vehicle, is provided with an interior temperature sensor (28) arranged in a housing (18) arranged in or at a wall (12) adj... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6975047 | Temperature-based cooling device controller apparatus and method A temperature-based cooling device controller is implemented in an integrated circuit such as a microprocessor. The temperature-based cooling device controller includes a register to store a threshold temperature value, a thermal sensor, and clock adjustment logic t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6957910 | Synchronized delta-VBE measurement system A circuit in an integrated circuit for measuring temperature dependent voltages of a temperature sensing element includes a voltage generator circuit providing the temperature dependent voltages, a first sampling switch and a second sampling switch. The voltage gene... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6945691 | Method and apparatus for inferring a temperature A heat-conducting element having known length D is disposed at a first end in a first region having a first temperature T1 to be inferred. The second end of the element is disposed in a second region having a measureable second temperature T2 d... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6921198 | Patient temperature repeating system and method A patient temperature repeating system and a method of repeating patient temperature information from a resistive-type patient temperature sensor allow one or more medical instruments to utilize a single patient temperature sensor. In one embodiment, the patient tem... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6921199 | Temperature sensor 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... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6910804 | Resistive temperature device (RTD) module with improved noise immunity An RTD system includes multiple pluralities of RTDs and RTD bank assembly to which each plurality of RTDs are connected. Each RTD bank assembly includes a current source for the RTDs connected thereto, a multiplexer switching system for switching the current source ... | 06/28/2005 |
