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n the last article we have seen some signal conditioning circuits for RTD. Today we
are going to learn signal conditioning for thermistors. We know that thermistor is
temperature measuring sensor made up of semiconducting material. The resistance of
thermistor normally decreases as the temperature increases hence it is has negative
temperature coefficient (NTC).
Change in resistance of thermistor due to change in temperature is given by the
following equation,
Where
RT is the temperature at T(K),
R0 is the resistance at T0 normally at 298K,
is the characteristic temperature constant of thermistor,
The characteristics of thermistor resistance vs. temperature is non linear therefore
linearization circuit is also included along with amplifier in the signal conditioning
circuits for thermistor.
Bridge Amplifier
Following circuit shows a bridge amplifier used for amplifying the output of thermistor.
As the output range of thermistor is quite low and it not good to use such short range of
output for getting good accuracy for operating any field devices.
Linearization Of Thermistor
For linearization of thermistor characteristics there are several methods available.
In this method a parallel resistor is connected with thermistor. This method increases
linearity but also decreases the sensitivity of the circuit.
Using Op Amp:
The third method for linearising the thermistor output is by using op amp.
Following circuit shows the linearization circuit for thermistor. Here we have used a
thermistor along with series resistor connected to the inverting terminal of the op amp.
An adjustable supply voltage is used to adjust the gain of the amplifier.
In this way we have seen different signal conditioning circuits for thermistor.