Title

NTC thermistor nonlinearity compensation using wheatstone bridge and novel dual-stage single-flash piecewise-linear ADC

Journal title

Metrology and Measurement Systems

Yearbook

2021

Volume

vol. 28

Issue

No 3

Authors

Jovanović, Jelena ; Denić, Dragan

Affiliation

Jovanović, Jelena : University of Niš, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Measurements Department, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, 18000 Niš, Serbia ; Denić, Dragan : University of Niš, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Measurements Department, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, 18000 Niš, Serbia

Keywords

comparator count ; dual-stage linearization ; flash ADC ; NTC thermistor ; measurement accuracy ; Wheatstone bridge

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

523-537

Publisher

Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Metrology and Scientific Instrumentation

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Date

2021.09.06

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/mms.2021.136616