Temperature measuring device with thermocouple

• US 4,588,308 A
• Filed: 08/30/1984
• Issued: 05/13/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Saito, Hideyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): YASICH, DANIEL
• Application Number:
  US06/645,626
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 374/163, 374/164, 374/169, 374/172, 374/181, 374/170
• US Class Current: 374/181
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 7/13 Circuits for cold-junction compensation

Abstract

A temperature measuring device according to the present invention includes a temperature sensor which is arranged in the vicinity of reference contacts to detect the variations in temperature of the reference contacts, and a processing circuit which outputs a signal corresponding to the temperature at the measuring point by compensating the temperature at the reference contacts based on the output signal from a thermocouple and the output signal from the temperature sensor. The reference contacts and the temperature sensor connected to the processing circuit by transmission lead wires, respectively.

Claims

1. A temperature measuring device comprising:

a thermocouple (M₁, M₂) having a first output signal (V₁) and a measuring point (A);

reference contacts (C₁, C₂) connected to said thermocouple;

a temperature detecting means (3), having a second output signal (V₂), arranged in the vicinity of said reference contacts (C₁, C₂), for detecting the temperature variation of said reference contacts (C₁, C₂);

a processing means for calculating the temperature at said measuring point (A), said processing means comprising;

(i) a differential amplifier circuit (5), having a third output signal (V₃), for amplifying said thermocouple output signal (V₁);

(ii) a linearization circuit, having a fourth output signal (V₄), (6) for linearlizing said temperature detecting means output signal (V₂);

(iii) an amplifier circuit (7), having a fifth output signal (V₅), for amplifying said linearized temperature detecting means fourth output signal (V₄); and

(iv) a buffer amplifier circuit (8) for amplifying a resultant voltage signal (V₃ +V₅) obtained by combining said differential amplifier third output signal (V₃) and said amplifier circuit fifth output signal (V₅) and outputting a sixth output signal (V₆) which corresponds to the temperature at said measuring point (A); and

transmission lead wires (M₃, M'"'"'₃) for connecting said reference contacts (C₁, C₂) with said processing means to transmit said thermocouple output signal (V₁), and transmission lead wires (M₆, M'"'"'₆) for connecting said temperature detecting means (3) with said processing means to transmit said temperature detecting means output signal (V₂).

2. The temperature measuring device of claim 1, further comprising thermocouple extension lead wires for connecting said thermocouple to said reference contacts.

3. The temperature measuring device of claim 1, wherein said thermocouple is directly connected to said reference contacts.

4. A temperature measuring device comprising:

a thermocouple (M₁, M₂) having a first output signal (V₁) and a measuring point (A);

reference contacts (C₁, C₂) connected to said thermocouple;

a temperature detecting means (3), having a second output signal (V₂), arranged in the vicinity of said reference contacts (C₁, C₂), for detecting the temperature variation of said reference contacts (C₁, C₂);

a processing means for calculating the temperature at said measuring point (A), said processing means comprising;

(i) a differential amplifier circuit (5), having a third analog output signal, for amplifying said thermocouple output signal (V₁);

(ii) an amplifier circuit (14), having a fourth analog output signal (V₄), for amplifying said temperature detecting means output signal (V₂);

(iii) an A/D converter (10) for converting said third and fourth analog output signals into digital signals;

(iv) a CPU (11), having a fifth digital output signal, for computing the temperature at the measuring point (A) according to said digital signals; and

(v) a D/A converter (12) for converting said CPU (11) digital output signal into an analog signal (V₆) corresponding to the temperature at the measuring point (A).

5. The temperature measuring device of claim 4, further comprising thermocouple extension lead wires for connecting said thermocouple to said reference contacts.

6. The temperature measuring device of claim 4, wherein said thermocouple is directly connected to said reference contacts.