Patent Document ID: 20060039445
Application ID: 10924176
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A temperature monitoring system comprising: an analog-to-digital converter (ADC); a semiconductor device coupled to the ADC, wherein the semiconductor device has a substantially defined generally non-linear input-output characteristic that varies with temperature and is subject to effects of parasitic resistance; and a plurality of input devices; wherein the semiconductor device is operable to receive a specified sequence of input signals, each input signal generated by a respective one of the plurality of input devices; wherein the semiconductor device is further operable to generate a sequence of output signals and provide the sequence of output signals to the ADC, wherein each output signal of the sequence of output signals is generated in response to a respective input signal of the specified sequence of input signals; and wherein the ADC is operable to produce a numeric value based on the sequence of output signals, the numeric value corresponding to a determined temperature of the semiconductor device, wherein the determined temperature is substantially free of errors introduced by the effects of parasitic resistance.