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    A thermistor is a semiconductor type of resistor in which the resistance is strongly dependent on temperature. The word thermistor is a portmanteau of...
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  • The labial thermistor clip is a device used measure the skin temperature of the labia minora and is associated blood engorgement. This device consists...
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    divider) Trim pot – small potentiometer, usually for internal adjustments Thermistor – thermally sensitive resistor whose prime function is to exhibit a large...
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  • temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistors and fixed resistors are often used to limit inrush current. NTC thermistors can be used as inrush-current limiting...
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  • is modulated by the sensor to produce an output signal. For example, a thermistor does not generate any electrical signal, but by passing an electric current...
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  • when supplied by a given voltage. PTC heating elements are a type of thermistor. PTC heating elements have large positive temperature coefficients of...
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    idea of Arnost Fronek. As a former colleague of Fronek, Ganz added the thermistor modification after Swan showed him the initial balloon design, which was...
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    thermal switch is a PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) thermistor; these thermistors have a "cutting off" temperature at which the resistance suddenly...
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    coefficient (PPTC) thermistor that impedes the circuit during an overcurrent condition (by increasing device resistance). The PPTC thermistor is self-resetting...
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  • material over a given temperature range of interest. When applying a thermistor device to measure temperature, the equation relates a measured resistance...
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    a resistance thermometer or thermistor. (A resistance thermometer is made of metal, usually platinum, while a thermistor is made of ceramic or polymer...
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    the heating or cooling sources. Electronic thermostats, instead, use a thermistor or other semiconductor sensor, processing temperature change as electronic...
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  • coil is regulated by a simple positive temperature coefficient (PTC) thermistor device, which initially has a low resistance, allowing a high current...
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    interchangeable thermistor temperature probes in 1955, and developed it into a complete line of precision interchangeable thermistors in 1961, and in...
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  • unilateral switch SW: Switch TFT: Thin-film transistor (display) TH: Thermistor VC: Variable capacitor VDR: Voltage-dependent resistor VFD: Vacuum fluorescent...
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    thermistors are commonly used in switching power supplies, motor drives and audio equipment to prevent damage caused by inrush current. A thermistor is...
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  • the thermoelectric voltage Thermistor Thermistor elements are the most sensitive temperature sensors available. A thermistor is a semiconductor device...
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  • objects using laser. Thermometer Measures temperature. Usually uses a thermistor or thermocouple. An infrared proximity sensor used in a smartphone allows...
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    (a) Resistor, (b) Rheostat, (c) Potentiometer / Trimmer Photoresistor (ANSI) Thermistor (ANSI). Use -t for NTC symbol. Use +t for PTC symbol. Varistor (ANSI)...
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    signal would be applied to a small heating element that was matched with a thermistor, which could be used in a DC measuring circuit. The technique is not very...
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  • common. Modern thermometric titration temperature probes consist of a thermistor which forms one arm of a Wheatstone bridge. Coupled to high resolution...
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  • and electric charge. Sensor inputs can be accelerometer, thermocouple, thermistor, resistance thermometer, strain gauge or bridge, and LVDT or RVDT. Specialized...
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    changed to bixbyite-(Mn)) and is used in the production of ferrites and thermistors. Heating MnO2 in air at below 800 °C produces α-Mn2O3 (higher temperatures...
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    resistance Resistance thermometer which use materials such as Balco alloy Thermistor Coulomb blockade thermometer Electrical potential Thermocouples are useful...
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    resistance change is more gradual than it is the case for other PTC thermistors. thermistor U.A.Bakshi, A.P.Godse, Semiconductor Devices & Circuits, Technical...
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    multifuse or polyfuse or polyswitch. They are similar in function to PTC thermistors in certain situations but operate on mechanical changes instead of charge...
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    modern successor to the iron–hydrogen resistor is the semiconductor PTC thermistor. When the current increases, the temperature will increase. The higher...
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    heat-conductive material with an internal resistive heater, coupled with a thermistor or thermocouple for precise temperature control. In common desktop 3D...
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    be lower. The error can be corrected with a cold-junction compensating thermistor, which measures the temperature at the cold junction so the gauge can...
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    Analogue electronic components like this thermistor function with continuous signals, unlike digital electronics which have discrete signals, usually binary...
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