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Circuit arrangement for compensating for the temperature dependence of the sensitivity and the null point of a piezoresistive pressure sensor
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1986-01-17
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Granted: 1987-05-26
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Expires: 2006-01-17
Abstract
Abstract A circuit arrangement for compensating for the temperature dependence of the sensitivity and of the null point of a piezoresistive pressure sensor having a temperature sensor thermally coupled thereto. The temperature sensor is coupled to an auxiliary amplifier, in the output circuit of which the feed diagonal of the pressure sensor is connected. The output diagonal of the pressure sensor is connected to an output amplifier, to which a temperature-dependent correction voltage can be applied on the input side via a resistor arrangement. To perform the compensation of the temperature dependence of the sensitivity independently of the temperature dependence of the null point, the resistor arrangement is connected directly to the output of the temperature sensor, preferably via jumpers.
Inventors
- 👤 Winfried Schulz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01L; G01L9/00; G01L9/02; G01L9/06; G01L9/065; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S323/00; Y10S323/907
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A circuit arrangement for compensating for the temperature dependence of the sensitivity and the null point of a piezoresistive pressure sensor in a bridge circuit, said bridge circuit having an input diagonal and an output diagonal, and further comprising a temperature sensor arranged thermally coupled to the pressure sensor and an auxiliary amplifier coupled to the temperature sensor, the feed diagonal of the pressure sensor being coupled to an output of the auxiliary amplifier, an output amplifier being coupled to the output diagonal of the pressure sensor, a temperature-dependent correction voltage being applied to an input of the output amplfiier via a resistor arrangement, the resistor arrangement being directly coupled to the output of the temperature sensor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
A circuit arrangement for compensating for the temperature dependence of the sensitivity and the null point of a piezoresistive pressure sensor in a bridge circuit, said bridge circuit having an input diagonal and an output diagonal, and further comprising a temperature sensor arranged thermally coupled to the pressure sensor and an auxiliary amplifier coupled to the temperature sensor, the feed diagonal of the pressure sensor being coupled to an output of the auxiliary amplifier, an output amplifier being coupled to the output diagonal of the pressure sensor, a temperature-dependent correction voltage being applied to an input of the output amplfiier via a resistor arrangement, the resistor arrangement being directly coupled to the output of the temperature sensor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
117 words
The circuit arrangment recited in claim 1, wherein the resistor arrangement contains two voltage dividers, one of the voltage dividers being connected at a first terminal end to one input of the output amplifier and the other voltage divider being connected at a first terminal end to the other input of the output amplifier, one of the other terminal ends of one of the voltage dividers, in dependence on the temperature behavior of the null point of the pressure sensor, being coupled by a jumper means directly to the output of the temperature sensor and the other terminal end of the other voltage divider being coupled to the output of the temperature sensor via a balancing resistor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
62 words
The circuit arrangement recited in claim 2, further comprising a further balancing resistor coupled to taps of the voltage dividers by further jumper means, said further balancing resistor being arranged in the collector-emitter circuit of a transistor coupled to a reference potential of the output amplifier, the transistor being switched by a control transistor coupled to the output of the temperature sensor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
The circuit arrangement recited in claim 2, further comprising an additional balancing resistor coupled to taps of the voltage dividers by additional jumper means, and further comprising a threshold circuit coupled to the output of the temperature sensor, said threshold circuit coupled to said additional balancing resistor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
The circuit arrangement recited in claim 3, further comprising a correction resistor arranged in the collector-emitter circuit of a further transistor connected to the reference potential of the output amplifier, said correction resistor being connected to an input of the auxiliary amplifier, said further transistor being responsive to said control transistor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The circuit arrangement recited in claim 4, further comprising a further correction resistor coupled to the output of the temperature sensor and being coupled to the input of the auxiliary amplifier via the threshold circuit.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
The circuit arrangement recited in claim 6, wherein the threshold circuit contains two diodes which are poled in opposite directions, said diodes having a common circuit point which is maintained at a predetermined potential, said additional balancing resistor being connected to one of said diodes and the further correction resistor being connected to the other diode.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The circuit arrangement recited in claim 1 wherein the temperature sensor comprises at least one transistor as the temperature-measuring element coupled to an impedance transformer.
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