US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Sept. 16 for "Temperature sensor circuits and control circuits and method for temperature sensor circuits" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,529, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Temperature sensor circuits and control circuits and method for temperature sensor circuits" was invented by Jaw-Juinn Horng (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chin-Ho Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Bei-Shing Lien (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature sensor circuit, a control circuit, and a control method are provided. The temperature sensor circuit comprises a temperature sensor and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled to the temperature sensor and comprises a current source, a sampling circuit, and a computing...