AD537THERMOCOUPLE INPUTOUTLINE DIMENSIONS The output of a Chromel-Constantan (Type E) thermocouple, Dimensions shown in inches and (mm). using a reference junction at 0°C, varies from 0 mV to 53.14 mV over the temperature range 0°C to +700°C with a slope of 14-Lead Side-Brazed Ceramic DIP (TO–116) 80.678 µV/degree over most of its range and some nonlinearity (D–14) over the range 0°C to +200°C. For this example, we assume that it is desired to indicate temperature in Degrees Celsius 0.005 (0.13) MIN0.098 (2.49) MAX using a counter/display with a 100 ms gate width. Thus, the V-F converter must deliver an output of 7 kHz for an input of 148 53.14 mV. If very precise operation down to 0°C is imperative, 0.310 (7.87)PIN 10.220 (5.59) some sort of linearizing is necessary (see, for example, Analog 4/00 (rev. C) 17 – 0 Devices’ Nonlinear Circuits Handbook, pp. 92–97) but in many 0.320 (8.13) – cases operation is only needed over part of the range. 0.785 (19.94) MAX0.290 (7.37)0.060 (1.52)0.015 (0.38)0.200 C397f The circuit shown in Figure 14 provides good accuracy from (5.08) +300°C to +700°C. The extrapolation of the temperature volt- MAX0.150 age curve back to 0°C shows that an offset of –3.34 mV is 0.200 (5.08)(3.81) MIN0.015 (0.38) required to fit the curve most exactly. This small amount of 0.125 (3.18)0.008 (0.20) voltage can be introduced without an additional calibration step SEATING0.023 (0.58) using the +1.00 V output of the AD537. To adjust the scale, the 0.1000.070 (1.78)PLANE0.014 (0.36)(2.54)0.030 (0.76) thermocouple should be raised to a known reference tempera- BSC ture near 500°C and the frequency adjusted to value using R1. 10-Lead Metal Can (TO-100) The error should be within ± 0.2% over the range 400°C to (H-10A) 700°C. REFERENCE PLANE0.562 (14.30)0.185 (4.70)0.500 (12.70)VAD537LOGIC0.165 (4.19)TMEAS1140.05010Hz/ ° C(1.27)0 TO 53mV213+5VMAXTDRIVERREF(0 ° C)6R1 SCALE3125750CURR-0.005µF0.355 (9.02)BUF4TO-FREQ11480.305 (7.75)0.2300.045 (1.14)360µA 120CONV(5.84)0.029 (0.74)5100.370 (9.40)BSCF39S47k0.335 (8.51)6V9210ITPRECISIONOFFSET10.115 ≈ VOLTAGE21µA7V(2.92)RREFERENCE80.019 (0.48)0.044 (1.12)BSC0.016 (0.41)0.034 (0.86)0.032 (0.81)0.021 (0.53)0.028 (0.71)0.040 (1.01)0.016 (0.41)36 ° Figure 14. Thermocouple Interface with First-Order 0.010 (0.25)BSCBASE & SEATING PLANE Linearization PRINTED IN U.S.A. –8– REV. C