Thermistor

What is Thermistor
• Thermistor is a special type of resistor whose
resistance changes within the change in
temperature.

• Thermistor is the contraction of a term "thermal

resistance". Although thermistors have both
positive temperature Coefficient and negative
temperature Coefficient . But mostly thermistors
have a negative temperature coefficient.
 Construction
• Manganese, Nickel ,Cobalt ,copper ,iron these
are the metal alloys which can also show
negative temperature Coefficient and there is
a semiconductor which exhibit negative
temperature Coefficient characteristics and
are used as thermistors.
• Shape and sizes of thermistors is glass coated
beads, disc type, probe type and rod type
• Beat type is the smallest in the size of the
diameter of .015 mm to 1.25 mm.
• Glass probe diameter of 2.5 length varies from
6 mm to 50 mm.
• Disc type is made by pressing material under
high pressure into cylindrical shape with a
diameter of 2.5 to 25 mm
 Characteristics
1.Resistance temperature characteristics.
2. Current Voltage characteristics.
3.Current time characteristics.
Resistance temperature characteristics.
•• The
  mathematical expression for the relationship between
the resistance and the temperature of a thermistor is given
as:

Where
• Rt1 is resistance of thermistor at temperature T1
• Rt2 the resistance of thermistor at temperature T 2,
• 𝜷 is the constant depending upon the material of thermistor
(between 3500 to 4500 usually)
• T1 and T2 are the initial temperature and final temperature
Current Voltage Characteristics
• The voltage drop a thermistor increases with
increasing current until it reaches a peak
value.
• After peak value, the voltage drop decreases
with increase in current (known as negative
temperature coefficient).
 Current time characteristics

The current in the thermistor increases the

operating time for the thermistor decreases is
shown with the help of the graph.
 Applications
• Measurement of temperature
• Control of temperature
• Measurement of power at high frequency
• Measurement of thermal conductivity
• Measurement of level, flow, pressure
• Vacuum Tubes
• Providing time delay
 Advantages

• Compact, rugged and inexpensive.

• Good stability and highly sensitive.
• Response time is fast.
• Not effected by stray magnetic and electric
field.