US 12,078,553 B2
Temperature sensor and method for controlling the temperature sensor
Suk Hwan Choi, Icheon-si (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/495,542.
Application 18/495,542 is a division of application No. 17/094,446, filed on Nov. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,815,409.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0070071 (KR), filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0053207 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G01K 7/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/02 (2021.01); G01K 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC G01K 7/16 (2013.01) [G01K 7/021 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A memory device for performing an internal operation on an included memory cell, the memory device comprising:
a voltage generator suitable for measuring an internal temperature of the memory device and generating a temperature voltage that has a voltage level determined according to the internal temperature and a reference voltage that has a constant voltage level independent of a change in temperature;
a code generator suitable for generating an initial code based on the temperature voltage and the reference voltage; and
a code calibrator suitable for generating a calibrated code based on the initial code and a calibration factor,
wherein the calibrated code is generated by performing a gain calibration and an offset calibration,
wherein the code generator performs the gain calibration to generate the calibrated code such that a generation range of the calibrated code corresponds to a predetermined temperature range, and
wherein the code generator performs the offset calibration to generate the calibrated code such that the calibrated code generated at a first temperature corresponds to a first target code predetermined according to the first temperature.