A temperature compensation circuit for thermal flow sensors operated in constant-temperature-difference mode

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1715-1721

  Sosna, Christoph ^a   Buchner, Rainer ^b   Lang, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b DANFOSS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anemometer; Constant temperature difference (CTD) mode; Microsensors; Temperature compensation; Thermal flow sensor

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONSTANT-TEMPERATURE-DIFFERENCE (CTD) MODE; DIFFERENCE MODE; FLUID TEMPERATURES; HEATER TEMPERATURES; RESISTANCE VALUES; RESISTIVE HEATERS; SENSOR OUTPUT; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF RESISTANCE; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATION CIRCUIT; THERMAL FLOW SENSOR; WHEATSTONE BRIDGE CIRCUITS;

ANEMOMETERS; BRIDGE CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; MICROSENSORS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

NANOSENSORS;

EID: 77952292090     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2025988     Document Type: Article

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