US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Sept. 22 for "Digital temperature sensor, corresponding device and method" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,688, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Digital temperature sensor, corresponding device and method" was invented by Calogero Marco Ippolito (Aci Castello, Italy) and Giuseppe Bruno (Paterno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "First and second transistors produce a first signal indicating the voltage drop difference across the transistors and a second signal indicating the voltage drop across the second transistor. The first and second signals increase and decrease, respectively, with temperature sensed based on the first signal via a gain factor. An ADC coupled to the transistors ...