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PRECISION TEMPERATURE SENSORS IN CMOS TECHNOLOGY pp 51–105Cite as

RATIOMETRIC TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT USING BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS

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The output of a smart temperature sensor is a digital representation of its temperature. This requires a ratiometric temperature measurement: the ratio of a temperature-dependent voltage and a reference voltage is determined using an analog-to-digital converter. This chapter describes how substrate bipolar transistors in CMOS technology can be used to accurately generate these voltages.

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Pertijs, M.A., Huijsing, J.H. (2006). RATIOMETRIC TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT USING BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS. In: PRECISION TEMPERATURE SENSORS IN CMOS TECHNOLOGY. Analog Circuits and Signal Processing. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5258-8_3

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