Integrated Circuit Temperature Sensors
Integrated Circuit Temperature Sensors. Chips with temperature sensors built into the integrated circuit may be a better alternative. In the past, complex analog conditioning circuits were designed to correct for Semiconductor temperature sensors can be integrated into multi-function ICs which perform a number of other hardware monitoring functions.
To use a temperature sensor in a control or compensation circuit, the detection circuit must provide an output in a usable format. As the temperature of PN junction increase, transistor starts. Modern digital sensors, like temperature sensors, accelerometers, and gyroscopes all come packed into an integrated circuit.
Types of temperature sensors- thermistors, thermocouples, RTDs, semiconductor sensors, digital temperature sensors.
Infrared sensors are normally packaged inside a hand held thermometer and not integrated.
Once the sensor is selected, subsequent Micro-chip application notes can be used to design appropriate microcontroller interface circuits. In this video discussed about various Integrated Circuit (IC) based temperature sensors. As the temperature of PN junction increase, transistor starts.