In A Specially-adapted Circuit, E.g., Bridge Circuit, Etc. (epo) Patents (Class 374/E7.031)
  • Patent number: 11594532
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for calibrating a heater used to heat an adjustable resistance network during a trimming procedure. In one example, a circuit is provided that includes an adjustable resistance network including first resistance segments; a heater element thermally coupled to the adjustable resistance network; a calibration resistor including second resistance segments thermally coupled to the first resistance segments; and interface circuitry coupled to the calibration resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Chengxi Liu, Roy Hastings
  • Patent number: 11569536
    Abstract: An electrical energy store has a plurality of storage modules, each of which has at least one temperature sensor string having a temperature sensor in the form of a temperature-dependent resistor for measuring the storage module temperature, and a battery control unit, which, based on the resistance values of the temperature sensor strings, determines the temperatures at the respective temperature sensors. The battery control unit is designed to determine a respective storage module type based on the measured resistance values of the temperature sensor strings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Timo Anderten, Florian Pritscher, Michael Schneider
  • Patent number: 9863816
    Abstract: A measurement circuit according to the invention for temperature monitoring has a quantitative temperature sensor and at least one qualitative temperature sensor, the quantitative temperature sensor and the at least one qualitative temperature sensor being connected in series, the quantitative temperature sensor having a consistent characteristic line which increases in a strictly monotonous manner or a consistent characteristic line which decreases in a strictly monotonous manner and being dedicated to the precise temperature measurement, and the qualitative temperature sensor having a nominal response temperature at which the resistance value changes in a non-linear manner and being dedicated to the monitoring of limit temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: KRIWAN Industrie-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Xiaoming Peng, Ulf Kretschmer