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A Novel Circuit for Thermocouple Signals Linearization Using AD Converter

Research Authors
Ayman A Aly, Aly S Abo El-Lail
Research Year
2013
Research Journal
International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science (IJITCS)
Research Vol
5-3
Research Rank
1
Research_Pages
56
Research Abstract

A novel circuit for linearization of thermocouple signals using Analog – to – Digital converter (ADC) is proposed. The present method utilizes the ratio metric property of ADCs and the converter performs analog to digital conversion as well as linearization. The resulting circuit also has provision for scaling the linearized digital output to obtain a desired full-scale value. Computational studies carried out on the proposed method gives satisfactory results for thermocouples with monotonic concave upward and downward characteristics.