DocumentCode
1257292
Title
An improved lead compensation technique for three-wire resistance temperature detectors
Author
Pradhan, Saibal ; Sen, Susanta
Author_Institution
Inst. of Radio Phys. & Electron., Calcutta Univ., India
Volume
48
Issue
5
fYear
1999
fDate
10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
903
Lastpage
905
Abstract
An improved lead resistance compensation technique for use with three-wire resistance temperature detectors is presented. The present practice of using the three-wire concept in an unbalanced bridge to provide signal to direct reading instruments produces nearly 1% error for a lead resistance as low as 1 Ω. In contrast, the new method limits the error to below 0.1% with much higher lead wire resistances
Keywords
bridge circuits; electric sensing devices; error compensation; measurement errors; resistance thermometers; temperature measurement; 1 ohm; direct reading instruments; error compensation; lead compensation technique; lead wire resistance; resistance bridges; resistance measurement; temperature measurement; three-wire resistance temperature detectors; unbalanced bridge; Bridge circuits; Detectors; Electrical resistance measurement; Instruments; Joining processes; Particle measurements; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Transducers; Wires;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9456
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/19.799644
Filename
799644
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