Patent ID: 7556423

Claim:
A method for correcting temperature measurement error of a solid-state temperature sensor, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a solid-state temperature sensor capable of producing a plurality of temperature output values, wherein each one of the plurality of temperature output values represents a respective temperature that the solid-state temperature sensor can measure; (b) determining a vertex value from an error curve of the plurality of temperature output values; (c) subtracting the vertex value from a presently measured one of the plurality of temperature output values; (d) squaring the result of step (c); (e) dividing the result of step (d) by a scaler value, wherein the scaler value is chosen to produce a corrected value of the result of step (d); and (f) adding the result of step (e) to the presently measured one of the plurality of temperature output values to produce a corrected temperature output value.