Thermometers Using Electric/Magnetic Elements TRIZ Cases
- Integrated Shunt Contactor for Space-Saving Current Sensing
By turning the contactor connecting element into a shunt resistor, this case enables precise current sensing with less space and weight.
- Fast Humidity Sensor Calibration Using Low Thermal Mass Structure
A low-thermal-mass sensing island with separate heating enables fast dry capacitance calibration and drift compensation in capacitive humidity sensors.
- In-Canal Temperature Sensor Layout for Continuous Core Monitoring
A trough-mounted dual thermistor layout stabilizes ear-canal thermal contact to calculate continuous core body temperature accurately.
- Thermal Sensor Circuit Calibration With Fractional Slope Adjustment
Fractional slope adjustment calibrates thermal sensors through BJT and current-mirror tuning, improving accuracy while reducing test cost.
- HEMT Gate Finger Schottky Sensing for Hot Spot Temperature Mapping
A gate finger is repurposed as a Schottky diode to measure local HEMT temperature accurately without adding sensor area or extra components.
- Oxide Semiconductor Fingerprint Sensor With Active Thermal Anti-Spoofing
Active thermal pixels with oxide semiconductor heaters and temperature sensors improve fingerprint accuracy and spoof resistance on displays.
- Virtual Temperature Monitoring for Sensor-Constrained Electronics
A calibrated thermal model estimates hot-spot temperature from electrical parameters, avoiding sensor placement limits while preserving safety margin.
- Wide-Bandgap Sense Element for Precise Junction Temperature Monitoring
An integrated rectifying-junction sense element measures junction temperature in situ with high precision while avoiding extra chip area and sensing complexity.
- APD Bias Circuit With Dual Analog Feedback for Temperature Compensation
Dual analog voltage and current feedback stabilizes APD bias against temperature drift while reducing circuit size and power use.
- Infrared Diode Detector Feedback Circuit for Higher Sensitivity
A positive feedback and current mirror circuit boosts infrared diode sensitivity without adding more series diodes, size, or supply voltage.
- Hybrid Thermistor-Diode Circuit for Parasitic-Resistant Temperature Sensing
Reversed-polarity diode paths cancel interconnect parasitic resistance, enabling more accurate local temperature sensing with adjacent thermistors.
- Calibrated Capacitor-Bank Temperature Sensing Across Process Variation
Comparator-based capacitor-bank calibration keeps pulse counting consistent across wafer variation, improving low-temperature accuracy.
- Thermoelectric Film Detector for Precise Heat-Spot Position Sensing
A Seebeck-effect thin-film detector measures voltage across metallic contacts to locate single heat spots with high resolution over broad temperature and spectral ranges.
- Commutation Diode Temperature Sensing via Reverse Current Waveform
Reverse-current waveform monitoring estimates commutation diode junction temperature more accurately without added sensors.
- PTC Heater Temperature Sensing via Capacitance Under PWM Drive
PWM excitation lets the control unit infer PTC heater temperature from element capacitance, avoiding costly sensors and thermal inertia.
- Perovskite Thermoelectric Sensor Legs for High-Temperature Stability
Doped LnAlO3 p- and n-type sensor legs reduce high-temperature reactivity and preserve accurate thermoelectric sensing without platinum or indium tin oxide.
- Heat Flux Sensor Cavity Design for Non-Invasive Core Temperature
An IR-opaque cavity and thermal coupling structure improve non-invasive core temperature measurement by sensing heat flux through skin.
- Fire Foam Thermal Stability Testing Under Coupled Heat Flux
Simulates radiative and convective heating together to measure foam collapse, heat flux, and re-ignition in storage tank fire tests.
- Inverse-Parallel Diode Layout for ESD-Safe Temperature Sensing
A larger pn junction in the inverse-parallel protective diode raises ESD withstand while preserving temperature sensing precision.
- Superconducting Passive Components for Local Cryogenic Temperature Sensing
Kinetic inductance in superconducting passive components enables accurate local temperature sensing near qubits without added thermal load.
- Optically Bridged Multi-Die Package for Low-Latency AI Interconnects
Photonic multi-die bridges move data directly to compute regions while temperature-matched modulator bias cuts power use and latency.