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School of Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering: EENG424L-Medical Instrumentation I Lab

This document describes an experiment using an NTC thermistor to measure temperature. The objectives are to get familiar with the NTC thermistor and verify its relationship between temperature and resistance. The circuit uses an NTC thermistor in a voltage divider configuration with an op-amp to produce an output voltage that varies non-linearly with temperature. Simulations were run at different temperatures and the results were tabulated, showing that the output voltage decreases as temperature increases, indicating an inverse relationship as expected for an NTC thermistor.

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School of Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering: EENG424L-Medical Instrumentation I Lab

This document describes an experiment using an NTC thermistor to measure temperature. The objectives are to get familiar with the NTC thermistor and verify its relationship between temperature and resistance. The circuit uses an NTC thermistor in a voltage divider configuration with an op-amp to produce an output voltage that varies non-linearly with temperature. Simulations were run at different temperatures and the results were tabulated, showing that the output voltage decreases as temperature increases, indicating an inverse relationship as expected for an NTC thermistor.

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School of Engineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering

EENG424L- Medical Instrumentation I Lab

Report 2:

Title: NTC Thermistor

Submitted by:
Ali Hamdan (Liu -section: c)
Elie Bitar (Liu-Section: c)
Azam Alkudsi (Liu-section: b)
Khaled Chikh dib (Liu-Section: b)

Instructor: Ms. Soumaya Berro


1. Introduction
An NTC thermistor is a thermally sensitive resistor whose resistance

exhibits a large, precise and predictable decrease as the core temperature of the

resistor increases over the operating temperature range. NTC stands for “Negative

Temperature Coefficient. They are primarily used as resistive temperature sensors and

current-limiting devices. NTC sensors are typically used in a range from −55°C to

200°C[ CITATION EEp1 \l 1033 ].

2. Objectives
The objective of this experiment is to getting familiar with the NTC

thermistor and verify the NTC thermistor temperature and resistance relationship.

3. Equipment Used
• Proteus

• DC power supply

• ground and wire

• Digital Voltmeter

• LM741 operational amplifier

• NTC thermistor

• 1KΩ, 5KΩ*2 resistors

4. Procedure
This temperature sensing circuit uses a resistor in series with a negative–

temperature–coefficient (NTC) thermistor to form a voltage divider, which has the


effect of producing an output voltage that is non-linear over temperature. The circuit

uses an op amp in a non–inverting configuration with inverting reference to offset and

gain the signal, which helps to utilize the full ADC resolution and increase

measurement accuracy. Use the op amp in a linear operating region, R2 is chosen

based on the temperature range and the NTC’s value. Vin, is a positive temperature

coefficient output voltage, using high value resistors can degrade the phase margin of

the amplifier and introduce additional noise in the circuit. It is recommended to use

resistor values around 10 KΩ or less. (R1=1k, R2=R3=5k)[ CITATION tex \l 1033 ].

Figure 1: A circuit for sensing temperature using a thermistor.

5. Results
The figure 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 represent the Voltage value of the

thermometer with different temperature.


Figure 2.0: the voltage values of the thermometer 30°C Figure 2.1: the voltage values of the thermometer 25°C

Figure2.2: the voltage values of the thermometer 24°C Figure 2.3: the voltage values of the thermometer19°C

Several simulations have been done with different temperatures and results

are tabulated below:

Table3: A table summarizing the results yielded.

Temperature (°C) 19 24 25 30
Voltage (V) 6.19 5.05 4.85 3.95

6. Conclusion
In a sensing temperature with an NTC thermistor. “the output voltage

decreases when we increase the temperature. and it increases when we decrease the

temperature, this indicates that the voltage is inversely proportional to the

temperature, this type of thermistor is generally non-linear and sensitive due to a

small change in the temperature detected by a change in the output

voltage[ CITATION tea1 \l 1033 ].

7. References

[1] EEpower, "www.EEpower.com," [Online].

[2] t. instrument, "ww.ti.com," [Online].


[3] teamwavelength, "www.teamwavelength.com," [Online].

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