The LM83 is a digital temperature sensor with a 2 wire serial
interface that senses the voltage and thus the temperature of
three remote diodes using a Delta-Sigma analog-to-digital
converter with a digital over-temperature detector. The LM83
accurately senses its own temperature as well as the temperature
of three external devices, such as Pentium II? Processors
or diode connected 2N3904s. The temperature of
any ASIC can be detected using the LM83 as long as a dedicated
diode (semiconductor junction) is available on the die.
Using the SMBus interface a host can access the LM83’s
registers at any time. Activation of a T_CRIT_A output occurs
when any temperature is greater than a programmable
comparator limit, T_CRIT. Activation of an INT output occurs
when any temperature is greater than its corresponding programmable
comparator HIGH limit.