Temperature Sensor

What is a Temperature Sensor?

Definition

Temperature sensor that uses an external diode-connected transistor as the sensing element to measure temperatures external to the sensor (for example, on a circuit board or on the die of a CPU). Generally produces a digital output.

Keywords

transistor, diode, temperature, thermal, sensing, remote diode, integrated temperature sensor, cpu, sensor, resistor, rtd, thermocouple

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