Provided is a temperature sensor including a bipolar transistor, a resistor, and a variable resistance circuit. The resistor is provided between a first node coupled to a base node of the bipolar transistor and a collector node of the bipolar transistor. The variable resistance circuit is provided between an emitter node of the bipolar transistor and a ground node.

The present disclosure includes a sensor element for registering temperature of an object, which includes: a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a platform face, which defines a first plane; a temperature detector, which is applied on a first temperature plane on the substrate and which is embodied to register the temperature of the object, wherein the first temperature plane lies in the first plane or essentially in parallel with the first plane; at least one sensor applied on a first subregion of the substrate for determining a temperature difference within the first subregion; and a passivation, which is applied on the substrate and which covers the substrate, the temperature detector and the sensor for determining the temperature difference, as well as residing in a method for assessing measurement quality of a sensor element of the present disclosure.

A thermosensitive probe includes: a non-metallic thermoconductive member defining a housing space; a thermosensitive element disposed in the housing space; and a coupling member having a portion surrounding the thermosensitive element in the housing space while fixing the thermosensitive element to the thermoconductive member.

A thermosensitive probe includes: a non-metallic thermoconductive member defining a housing space; a thermosensitive element disposed in the housing space; and a coupling member having a portion surrounding the thermosensitive element in the housing space while fixing the thermosensitive element to the thermoconductive member.

Sensor interconnects and supports and methods of making them utilize phonon disruptors for increased thermal resistance while maintaining acceptable electrical signal quality in materials. Phonon disruptors include, but are not limited to, structural features such as interfaces, grain boundaries, and point scattering sites, for example, that are designed to scatter heat carriers while allowing electrons to pass through the material. Some embodiments herein involve designing selected stacks of alternating or sequential material pairs within sensor interconnects.

Sensor interconnects and supports and methods of making them utilize phonon disruptors for increased thermal resistance while maintaining acceptable electrical signal quality in materials. Phonon disruptors include, but are not limited to, structural features such as interfaces, grain boundaries, and point scattering sites, for example, that are designed to scatter heat carriers while allowing electrons to pass through the material. Some embodiments herein involve designing selected stacks of alternating or sequential material pairs within sensor interconnects.

A method for accurately measuring a battery temperature using a temperature sensor embodied in a battery monitoring integrated circuit is disclosed. The method includes performing calibration to estimate a thermal resistance between the battery monitoring integrated circuit and a terminal of a battery, measuring a temperature using the temperature sensor, measuring a voltage at the terminal or at a supply pin of the battery monitoring integrated circuit while a current is being used to charge or discharge the battery, calculating a power by multiplying the voltage and the current, and calculating a self-heating temperature adjustment to the temperature by multiplying the power and the thermal resistance.

An electronic device includes: a base substrate including an active region, which includes a sensing region, and a peripheral region adjacent to the active region; an input sensor including a sensing insulating layer, a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a plurality of second sensing electrodes, the second sensing electrodes being spaced apart from the first sensing electrodes; and a pressure sensor including a plurality of strain sensing patterns overlapping the sensing region, and strain connection patterns connecting the strain sensing patterns to each other, wherein each of the first sensing electrodes comprises a plurality of first sensing patterns overlapping the active region, each of the second sensing electrodes comprises a plurality of second sensing patterns overlapping the active region and on a same layer as the first sensing patterns, and a plurality of second connection patterns connecting the second sensing patterns.

A device for measuring at least one physical quantity includes a direct voltage source and a measuring sensor coupled to the voltage source, which sensor is configured to measure a physical quantity. A current regulator is connected between the direct voltage source and the measuring sensor, and a voltmeter is connected in parallel with the measuring sensor so that a voltage detected by the voltmeter is indicative of the measured quantity.

A device for measuring at least one physical quantity includes a direct voltage source and a measuring sensor coupled to the voltage source, which sensor is configured to measure a physical quantity. A current regulator is connected between the direct voltage source and the measuring sensor, and a voltmeter is connected in parallel with the measuring sensor so that a voltage detected by the voltmeter is indicative of the measured quantity.