Patent ID: 9677948
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G01K

Claim:
1. A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device comprising: a substrate; a microelectromechanical resonator secured to the substrate at a first location; a micromachined thermistor having first and second ends secured to the substrate at respective second and third locations, and having a length from the first end to the second end greater than a linear distance between the second and third locations, the micromachined thermistor being thermally coupled to the microelectromechanical resonator to enable a temperature-dependent resistance of the micromachined thermistor to vary according to a time-varying temperature of the microelectromechanical resonator; and circuitry electrically coupled to the micromachined thermistor and electrically coupled to the microelectromechanical resonator.