US Patent Issued to SK hynix on March 31 for "Temperature sensor and electronic system for executing trimming operations" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,848, issued on March 31, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Temperature sensor and electronic system for executing trimming operations" was invented by Hyun Mo Sung (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Yoon Jae Shin (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature sensor includes a first trimming resistor having a first resistance value that is trimmed based on a first trimming code and configured to adjust a gate voltage, a MOS transistor turned on based on the gate voltage and configured to drive a variable voltage having a voltage level set for each sensing temperature, and a second trimming resi...