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Pressure sensor science tips
- Categories:Technical knowledge
- Time of issue:2019-12-04 15:31
(Summary description)Pressure sensors are generally used to measure the pressure of fluids (e.g. liquids, gases, melts). They have good mechanical processing and heat treatment properties, strong compressive strength and are little affected by temperature.
Pressure sensor science tips
(Summary description)Pressure sensors are generally used to measure the pressure of fluids (e.g. liquids, gases, melts). They have good mechanical processing and heat treatment properties, strong compressive strength and are little affected by temperature.
- Categories:Technical knowledge
- Time of issue:2019-12-04 15:31
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Pressure sensors are generally used to measure the pressure of fluids (e.g. liquids, gases, melts). They have good mechanical processing and heat treatment properties, strong compressive strength and are little affected by temperature.
The output signal of pressure sensors is generally a voltage signal in mV (millivolts). The size of the signal output is directly related to the size of the voltage supplied to the power supply of the pressure sensor. The output of most sensors is 1 --- 2mV/V. That is, when the pressure of the measured medium reaches the maximum nominal pressure of the sensor, if the power supply to the sensor is 1V, the output signal is 1 --- 2mV. Similarly, if the power supply to the sensor is 10V, the output signal is 10 --- 20mV.
The output signals of pressure sensors are commonly used: 4 --- 20mA, 0 --- 20mA, 0 --- 5V, 1 --- 5V, 0.5 --- 4.5V, 0 --- 10V, RS485, RS232, etc. The signals are all standard and the size of the output is only proportional to the pressure of the medium being measured. The output does not vary with the supply power within the rated voltage range. Commonly used inverters, PLCs, control and display instruments, etc., have signal receiving modules that can receive these kinds of standard signals.
Range, signal and connection thread are the three main elements that must be clarified before purchasing a pressure sensor. After a sensor has been made, these three elements cannot be changed again.
Causes affecting the accuracy of pressure sensors
Below we note four unavoidable errors, which are the initial errors of the sensor.
Offset errors
Since the vertical offset of a pressure sensor remains constant over the entire pressure range, variations in the converter diffusion and laser adjustment corrections will produce an offset error.
Sensitivity error
The magnitude of the resulting error is proportional to the pressure. If the sensitivity of the device is higher than typical, the sensitivity error will be an increasing function of the pressure. If the sensitivity is lower than typical, then the sensitivity error will be a decreasing function of pressure. This error arises due to variations in the diffusion process.
Linearity error
This is a factor that has less influence on the initial error of the pressure sensor and is due to the physical non-linearity of the silicon, but for sensors with amplifiers, this should also include the non-linearity of the amplifier. The linear error curve can be either a concave or convex curve load cell.
Hysteresis error
In most cases the hysteresis error of a pressure sensor is completely negligible because of the high mechanical stiffness of the silicon wafer. Hysteresis errors are generally only considered in situations where the pressure varies considerably.
These four errors in pressure sensors cannot be avoided, we can only choose high precision production equipment and use high technology to reduce these errors, but also a little error calibration at the factory to reduce the errors as much as possible to meet the needs of our customers.
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