CY7/670 Series Temperature Sensors
Application Notes
M-4447/0307
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
Three aspects of using a temperature sensor are critical to its optimum performance:
•the proper electrical and thermal installation of the connecting leads that run to the sensor
•the actual mounting of the sensor to the sample assembly
•the measurement electronics used for reading and recording temperature data from the sensor
Connecting Leads
Although the majority of the CY7/CY670 series sensors are
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An excessive heat flow through the connecting leads to any temperature sensor can create a situation where the active sensing element (for the CY7/670 series this is the diode chip) is at a different temperature than the sample to which the sensor is mounted. This is then reflected as a real temperature offset between what is measured and the true sample temperature. Such temperature errors can be eliminated by proper selection and installation of the connecting leads.
In order to minimize any heat flow through the leads, the leads should be of small diameter and low thermal conductivity.
Lead wires should also be thermally anchored at several temperatures between room temperature and cryogenic temperatures to guarantee that heat is not being conducted through the leads to the sensor. A final thermal anchor at the sample itself is a good practice to assure thermal equilibrium between the sample and the temperature sensor. Note that the CU, CY, SO, and DI mounting adapters serve as their own sample thermal anchor.
I the connecting leads have only a thin insulation such as vinyl acetal or other varnish type coating, a simple thermal anchor can be made by winding the wires around a copper post or other thermal mass and bonding them in place with a thin layer of CYAV varnish. There are a variety of other ways in which thermal anchors can be fabricated; a number of guidelines can be found in detail in the following references.
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