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Rev. 0.2 / 09 /2015 

 

AN1111-2 

2.1.2  Correlation between sensor capacity and period 

  Humidity Sensor HCT01 (approx.):  

70 pF @ 0 % rH

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95 pF @ 100 % rH

 

 

 

Period at RH_OUT:  

 

 

70 pF 

 19.0 µs cycle duration 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

95 pF 

 25.4 µs cycle duration

 

Figure 3: The sensitivity is approx. 0,064 µs/% rH (with a rise of 0.25 pF/% rH) 

 

 

Figure 4: Nominal characteristic of the measuring device with frequency output 

 

 

Figure 5: Example of RH & T measuring device with HCT01 and frequency output 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for HCT01

Page 1: ...Rev 0 2 09 2015 2 AN1111 2 Developer s Guide for HCT01 Humidity and Temperature Sensors...

Page 2: ...2 1 Schematic circuit diagram 6 2 1 1 Bill of Material 6 2 1 2 Correlation between sensor capacity and period 7 3 RH measurement with pre adjusted HCT01 and microcontroller based initially accurate c...

Page 3: ...gives an overview on the accuracy which can be achieved by various combinations of HCT01 circuitry Using an unadjusted RH sensor HCT01 00 implies humidity calibration for the device built with it The...

Page 4: ...Rev 0 2 09 2015 5 AN1111 2 Choice of HCT01 version and driving circuitry Figure 1 Circuitry options for HCT01...

Page 5: ...ive humidity at the sensor The accurate measurement of the period requires a precise time base such as a quartz crystal 2 1 Schematic circuit diagram Figure 2 Circuitry with frequency output 2 1 1 Bil...

Page 6: ...n 95 pF 25 4 s cycle duration Figure 3 The sensitivity is approx 0 064 s rH with a rise of 0 25 pF rH Figure 4 Nominal characteristic of the measuring device with frequency output Figure 5 Example of...

Page 7: ...ailable in the E E patent EP 1 574 847 B1 US 7 084 644 B2 3 1 Schematic circuit diagram Figure 6 Schematic circuit design 1 There are three possible measurement paths 1 Sensor capacitance path with R1...

Page 8: ...parator reaches the voltage at the voltage divider no repeat point 2 and recharge the reference yes end of loop and save the numbers of charge discharge events 6 Each cycle measures the reference path...

Page 9: ...B influences and hysteresis is shown in Figure 8 Figure 8 Initial accurate electronics w o C_Cal PCB corrected 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 digital capacitance val...

Page 10: ...l test and layout optimizing loops These imply tests for assessing the impact of the stay capacitance and its variations on the output signal of the device as follows 1 Test a sample of relevant size...

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