± 5°C IC Temperature Sensors:

Our range of IC Temperature Sensors includes both analogue and digital types, with CMOS or TTL technology.An IC Temperature Sensor is a two terminal integrated circuit temperature transducer that produces an output proportional to absolute temperature. The sensor package is small with a low thermal mass and a fast response time. We offer sensing temperatures from -270°C to +1820°C. The solid state sensor output can be analogue or digital. Other outputs such as serial I2C are also available.The analogue IC solid state sensors provide an output as a voltage or current that is proportional to temperature without additional circuitry. The digital IC sensors provide an output that has been processed through an integral A-D converter and is ready for input into digital control and monitoring systems. The IC sensors do not require linearization or other circuitry. Some temp sensor ICs are used to process outputs from external thermocouple, RTD, or thermistor temperature measurement devices. The Microchip MCP960XL can be considered as a K type thermocouple IC because it converts EMF from K type thermocouples – as well as J,T,N, S,E,B, and R types - to degrees Celsius with integrated cold junction compensation.Applications for temperature ICs include monitoring and controlling temperatures on circuit boards, controlling CPU temperatures in computers, mobile phones and other telecommunications applications, and some industrial immersion applications.