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US 12,405,172 B2Granted
Temperature sensing apparatus
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorTae Ho Bang
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Abstract
A temperature sensing apparatus includes a first voltage generator including a first resistor and a first temperature sensor, a second voltage generator that generates a control voltage, a voltage adjuster connected in parallel with the first resistor and that adjusts a voltage applied to the first temperature sensor based on the control voltage, and a controller that senses a temperature based on the voltage applied to the first temperature sensor, and the first temperature sensor is a device that converts a temperature into a voltage.
Claims17
A temperature sensing apparatus comprising:
- a first voltage generator including a first resistor and a first temperature sensor;
- a second voltage generator includes a third resistor and a second temperature sensor and configured to generate a control voltage in response to a temperature being sensed;
- a voltage adjuster connected in parallel with the first resistor and configured to adjust a voltage applied to the first temperature sensor based on the control voltage;
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- a controller, different from the second voltage generator, configured to sense the temperature based on at least one of the voltage applied to the first temperature sensor and the control voltage, and
- wherein the first temperature sensor is a device configured to convert a temperature into a voltage, and
- the third resistor and the second temperature sensor are configured to generate the control voltage applied to a switch included in the voltage adjuster, such that the switch is turned on/off in response to the temperature.
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A temperature sensing apparatus comprising:
- a first resistor;
- a first negative temperature coefficient (NTC) resistor connected in series with the first resistor;
- a switch and a second resistor connected in series with each other and connected in parallel with the first resistor;
- a third resistor and a second NTC resistor configured to, in response to a temperature being sensed, generate a divided voltage applied to the switch such that the switch is turned on/off in response to the temperature;
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- a controller configured to sense a temperature, based on at least one of a first voltage applied to the first NTC resistor and a second voltage applied to the second NTC resistor,
- wherein one end of the third resistor, connected to the second NTC resistor, is also connected to the switch such that the divided voltage output between the third resistor and the second NTC resistor is applied to the switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.