Thisapplicationnoteshowshowtodesigna
temperaturesensoroscillatorcircuitusingMicrochip’s
low-costMCP6001operationalamplifier(opamp)and
theMCP6541comparator.Oscillatorcircuitscanbe
usedtoprovideanaccuratetemperaturemeasurement
withaResistiveTemperatureDetector(RTD)sensor.
Oscillatorsprovideafrequencyoutputthatispropor-
tionaltotemperatureandareeasilyintegratedintoa
microcontrollersystem.
RCoscillatorsofferseveraladvantagesinprecision
sensingapplications.Oscillatorsdonotrequirean
Analog-to-DigitalConverter(ADC).Theaccuracyofthe
frequencymeasurementisdirectlyrelatedtothequality
ofthemicrocontroller’sclocksignalandhigh-frequency
oscillatorsareavailablewithaccuraciesofbetterthan
10ppm.AN895OscillatorCircuitsForRTDTemperatureSensorsAuthor:EzanaHaileandJimLepkowskiRTDsserveasthestandardforprecisiontemperatureMicrochipTechnologyInc.measurementsbecauseoftheirexcellentrepeatabilityandstabilitycharacteristics.ARTDcanbecharacter-izedoverit’stemperaturemeasurementrangetoINTRODUCTIONobtainatableofcoefficientsthatcanbeaddedtothe
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