US PATENT SUBCLASS 257 / 470
.~.~ Pn junction adapted as temperature sensor

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257 /   HD   ACTIVE SOLID-STATE DEVICES (E.G., TRANSISTORS, SOLID-STATE DIODES)

414  DF  RESPONSIVE TO NON-ELECTRICAL SIGNAL (E.G., CHEMICAL, STRESS, LIGHT, OR MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS) {4}
467  DF  .~ Temperature {3}
470.~.~ Pn junction adapted as temperature sensor

DEFINITION

Classification: 257/470

Pn junction adapted as temperature sensor:

(under subclass 467) Subject matter wherein the active junction is a pn junction (i.e., forms a boundary between p-type and n-type carrier materials) and generates an electrical signal in response to thermal energy incident upon the active junction.