Working principle of temperature sensor

TIME: 2025.01.16 AUTHOR: Coco Li NUMBER OF VIEWS 824

What is Working Principle of Temperature Sensor?

    The working principle of temperature sensor is mainly based on the principle of thermocouple, thermal resistor and thermistor.

1. Thermocouple sensor: This sensor uses the thermoelectric potential generated by two different metals when the temperature changes to measure temperature. For example, the thermoelectric potential generated by a K-type thermocouple at 500°C is about 20mV.

2. ‌Thermal resistor sensor‌: includes the property that the resistance value of metal or semiconductor changes with temperature. For example, the resistance value of PT100 thermal resistor is 100Ω at 0℃, and the resistance value increases by about 0.385Ω for every 1℃ increase in temperature.

3. ‌Thermistor Sensor‌: Its resistance value is extremely sensitive to temperature changes and is usually divided into two types: positive temperature coefficient and negative temperature coefficient. The resistance value of a negative temperature coefficient thermistor drops rapidly when the temperature rises.

4. Infrared temperature sensor‌: measures temperature by receiving infrared radiation energy emitted by an object without contacting the object being measured.

5. DS18B20 Temperature Sensor‌: This digital temperature sensor uses the 1-Wire bus protocol to measure the ambient temperature through thermistor characteristics and converts the analog signal into a digital signal output. It can operate in the range of -55℃ to +125℃, and the measurement accuracy can reach ±0.5℃ in the range of -10℃ to +85℃.


Types of temperature sensor

    GAIMC temperature sensor mainly involves ntc temperature sensords18b20 temperature sensorpt100/pt1000 temperature sensor, and temperature humidity sensor.

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