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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1998
Paul Mayer, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Bristol Babcock, Inc., Watertown, CT (US);
Abstract
A circuit for compensating a silicon strain gauge pressure transmitter. The circuit includes: a current source, an embodiment of which may include an amplifying device and means for supplying the current source with an electric potential, a strain gauge bridge, a plurality of resistances that includes a feedback resistance, a series resistance, a current sampling resistance, and a load with parameters. The key to this invention is to add a series resistance and a feedback resistance to the circuit which eliminates the need for R.sub.c, the current sample resistor, to be a thermistor, and increases the operating temperature range of the sensor by compensating the sensor's parameter variations with temperature.