发明名称 |
USE OF A THERMISTOR WITHIN A REFERENCE SIGNAL GENERATOR |
摘要 |
Reference signal generators using thermistors are disclosed. An apparatus includes a first device having a first temperature coefficient and a thermistor having a second temperature coefficient having a sign opposite to that of the first temperature coefficient. A circuit maintains equivalence of a first signal and a second signal and offsets a first temperature variation of the first device using a second temperature variation of the thermistor to generate the second signal having a low temperature coefficient. The first device may be a bipolar transistor configured to generate a base-emitter voltage and coupled in series with the thermistor. The first signal may be a first voltage on a first node. The second signal may be a second voltage on a second node. The circuit may be configured to maintain effective equivalence of the first voltage and the second voltage. The apparatus may include a resistor coupled to the second node. |
申请公布号 |
US2015091537(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.04.02 |
申请号 |
US201314040839 |
申请日期 |
2013.09.30 |
申请人 |
Silicon Laboratories Inc. |
发明人 |
Caffee Aaron J.;Drost Brian G. |
分类号 |
G05F1/575 |
主分类号 |
G05F1/575 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first device having a first temperature coefficient; a thermistor having a second temperature coefficient, the second temperature coefficient having a sign opposite to a sign of the first temperature coefficient; and a circuit configured to maintain equivalence of a first signal and a second signal and further configured to offset a first temperature variation of the first device using a second temperature variation of the thermistor to generate the second signal having a low temperature coefficient. |
地址 |
Austin TX US |