Thermal measuring and testing – Temperature measurement – In spaced noncontact relationship to specimen
Patent
1995-04-04
1998-06-09
DePumpo, Daniel G.
Thermal measuring and testing
Temperature measurement
In spaced noncontact relationship to specimen
374127, 374128, G01J 500
Patent
active
057646848
ABSTRACT:
The output stability of an infrared thermocouple is improved by filtering the radiation received by the infrared thermocouple to pass only short wavelengths. The stability is further increased by providing a second infrared thermocouple having its input filtered to pass long wavelengths. The two outputs are combined to obtain an output signal which is substantially independent of emissivity. The linear range of an infrared detector through which its output closely follows that of a linear thermocouple is increased by a calibration method in which an initial offset is provided to a readout device. Calibration of the infrared detector is completed using an adjustable potentiometer. By providing removable apertures, the temperature range through which an infrared thermocouple may be used is extended. Elongated targets are efficiently viewed by an infrared thermocouple having an elongated thermopile flake and an imaging lens.
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DePumpo Daniel G.
Exergen Corporation
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