Semiconductors exhibit different types of temperature coefficients. In order to valuable parameters such as resistance or forward voltage drop and the associated change in temperature, one must ...

A PT100 probe is a platinum resistance thermometer with a nominal resistance of 100 Ω at a temperature of 0 ° C. Its features are regulated by the IEC 751 (EN 60751) standard. This type of temperature ...

Got cold feet about measuring temperature? If you're not sure which type of sensor is the proper choice for the application at hand, you're not alone. Here we review the main categories of temperature ...

Recently, negative differential resistance devices have attracted considerable attention due to their folded current–voltage characteristic, which presents multiple threshold voltage values. Because ...

Design demands include a decrease in device size, cost and power consumption, while improving accuracy, sensitivity and reliability, observes Bill Walsh of Digi-Key Electronics. Of the four common ...

As the transistor density and switching speed of integrated circuits (ICs) increase and the package size decreases, the emerging generation of high-power ICs requires thermal management during testing ...

Measuring temperature turns out to be a fundamental function for a huge number of devices. You furnace’s programmable thermostat and digital clocks are obvious examples. If you just needed to know if ...

Heat flow considerations play an important role in any strategy for burning in high-power devices. The purpose of burn-in with test is to significantly increase the reliability of high-power devices ...