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Name : R.Rama Rao
Designation : Lecturer.
Branch : Electronics & Communication Engineering.
Institute : Govt. Polytechnic (w), Bheemunipatnam,
• Diode compensation.
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OBJECTIVES
• Thermistor compensation.
• Sensistor compensation.
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•What is a Thermister?
temperature coefficient
•What is a sensistor?
temperature coefficient
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THERMISTOR COMPENSATION
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Thermistor compensation circuit
Fig. 1
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Working
CE amplifier.
coefficient.
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Thermistor can be placed in any one of the two positions
as shown in Fig
with temperature .
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If the temparature increases
• Increases VE
• Reduces VBE
• VBE = VB - VE
• IB decreases
• IC remains constant
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• Thus the temperature sensitivity of RT provides
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SENSISTOR COMPENSATION
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Sensistor compensation circuit
Fig.1
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• Instead of thermistor compensation, compensation
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Generally sensistors have
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• The sensistor may be placed either in parallel with R1.
• Or in parallel with RE
increases.
Bias (VBE).
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• Decrease in IC compensates the increase in collector
temperature rise.
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Summary
• We have discussed the circuits using thermistors
& sensistors.
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Quiz
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• In compensation the value IC must be
A) Decreased
B. Increased
C) Constant
D) Zero
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1. If the temperature increase, sensistor resistance
A) Increases
B) Decreases
C) Constant
D) Zero
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
compensation?
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