Two-parameters Approximation Curve for NTC Resistors

• Abstract:

  The table data for R-T dependence of NTC resistors (NTCRs), which have resistance RN = 10000 Ω at a temperature of 25 °C and limits of error ±0,2 °C in the range (0 to 70) °C [1-4], are analysed. The determination of two approximation curves is described: a three-parameters (abbreviated as AC1) and a two-parameters (AC2). These curves are compared with the three-parameters Steinhart-Hart equation (S&H) by using the table data of resistance for different NTCRs and calculating the following for all of them: unknown parameters by the least-squares method, approximated temperature using determined parameters, and the difference to the table data of temperature. The obtained results are presented, which show a very good agreement of curves, with their mutual differences within a few millikelvin, and the differences to the table data within ±15 mK for the range (0 to 70) °C. Therefore, presented two-parameters approximation curve AC2 can be very convenient for the use with some NTCRs for the calculation of unknown temperature from the measured resistance.
• Download:

  IMEKO-TC4-2005-087.pdf
• DOI:

  _unreg_tc4-2005.087

Event details:

• IMEKO TC:

  TC4
• Event name:

  TC4 Workshop 2005
• Title:

  10th IMEKO TC4 International Workshop on ADC Modelling and Testing - IWADC (together with XIVth IMEKO TC4 International Symposium on New Technologies in Measurement and Instrumentation)

• Place:

  Gdynia/Jurata, POLAND
• Time:

  12 September 2005 - 15 September 2005