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Typical Sensor Performance

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	Example Lake Shore sensor	Temp (K)	Nominal resistance/ voltage	Typical sensor sensitivity⁴	Measurement resolution: temperature equivalents	Electronic accuracy: temperature equivalents	Temperature accuracy including electronic accuracy, CalCurve™, and calibrated sensor	Electronic control stability⁵: temperature equivalents
Cernox™ (1 mV)	CX-1010-SD with 0.1L calibration	0.1	21389 Ω	-558110 Ω/K	5.4 µK	±69 µK	±4.1 mK	±10.8 µK
		0.3	2322.4 Ω	-10785 Ω/K	28 µK	±272 µK	±4.3 mK	±55.6 µK
		0.5	1248.2 Ω	-2665.2 Ω/K	113 µK	±938 µK	±4.9 mK	±225 µK
		4.2	277.32 Ω	-32.209 Ω/K	931 µK	±6.5 mK	±11 mK	±190 µK
		300	30.392 Ω	-0.0654 Ω/K	153 mK	±1.7 K	±1.8 K	±306 mK
Cernox™ (10 mV)	CX-1050-SD-HT⁴ with 1.4M calibration	1.4	26566 Ω	-48449 kΩ/K	6.2 µK	±261 µK	±4.3 mK	±12.4 µK
		4.2	3507.2 Ω	-1120.8 kΩ/K	89 µK	±2.1 mK	±6.1 mK	±178 µK
		77	205.67 Ω	-2.4116 Ω/K	1.2 mK	±38 mK	±50 mK	±2.5 mK
		420	45.03 Ω	-0.0829 Ω/K	12 mK	±338 mK	±412 mK	±24.1 mK
Germanium (1 mV)	GR-50-AA with 0.05A calibration	0.1	2317 Ω	-71858 Ω/K	4.2 µK	±21 µK	±4.0 mK	±8.3 µK
		0.3	164 Ω	-964 Ω/K	31.1 µK	±130 µK	±4.1 mK	±62.2 µK
		0.5	73.8 Ω	-202.9 Ω/K	49.3 µK	±244 µK	±4.2 mK	±98.6 µK
		1.4	24.7 Ω	-13.15 Ω/K	228 µK	±1.2 mK	±5.2 mK	±456 µK
		4.2	13.7 Ω	-1.036 Ω/K	2.9 mK	±11 mK	±15 mK	±5.8 mK
Germanium (10 mV)	GR-300-AA with 0.3D calibration	0.3	35180 Ω	-512200 Ω/K	2 µK	±47 µK	±4.0 mK	±3.9 µK
		1.4	448.6 Ω	-581.3 Ω/K	17 µK	±481 µK	±4.5 mK	±34.4 µK
		4.2	94.46 Ω	-26.56 Ω/K	38 µK	±1.8 mK	±5.8 mK	±75.3 µK
		100	2.72 Ω	-0.024 Ω/K	4.2 mK	±151 mK	±171 mK	±8.3 mK
Germanium (10 mV)	GR-1400-AA with 1.4D calibration	1.4	35890 Ω	-94790 Ω/K	11 µK	±257 µK	±4.3 mK	±21.1 µK
		4.2	1689 Ω	-861.9 Ω/K	35 µK	±900 µK	±4.9 mK	±69.6 µK
		77	3.55 Ω	-0.05 Ω/K	2 mK	±83 mK	±94 mK	±4 mK
		100	2.8 Ω	-0.021 Ω/K	4.8 mK	±175 mK	±195 mK	±9.5 mK
Rox™ (1 mV)	RX-102B-CB with 0.02C calibration	0.1	3549 Ω	-12578 Ω/K	79.5 µK	±908 µK	±4.9 mK	±159 µK
		0.5	2188 Ω	-1056 Ω/K	284 µK	±2.7 mK	±6.7 mK	±568 µK
		1.4	1779 Ω	-198 Ω/K	1.5 mK	±13.7 mK	±18 mK	±3.0 mK
		4.2	1546 Ω	-40.0 Ω/K	7.5 mK	±65.4 mK	±69 mK	±15.0 mK
		40	1199 Ω	-3.41 Ω/K	88 mK	±727 mK	±803 mK	±176 mK
Platinum RTD 500 Ω Full Scale	PT-103 with 14J calibration	30	3.66 Ω	0.191 Ω/K	0.5 mK	±22 mK	±31 mK	±1.0 mK
		77	20.38 Ω	0.423 Ω/K	0.7 mK	±34 mK	±44 mK	±1.4 mK
		300	110.35 Ω	0.387 Ω/K	7.8 mK	±140 mK	±164 mK	±15.5 mK
		500	185.668 Ω	0.378 Ω/K	7.9 mK	±223 mK	±274 mK	±15.9 mK
Silicon Diode	DT-670-C0-13 with 1.4H calibration	1.4	1.664 V	-12.49 mV/K	0.8 mK	±13 mK	±20 mK	±1.6 mK
		77	1.028 V	-1.73 mV/K	5.8 mK	±76 mK	±113 mK	±11.6 mK
		300	0.5596 V	-2.3 mV/K	4.3 mK	±47 mK	±82 mK	±8.7 mK
		500	0.0907 V	-2.12 mV/K	4.7 mK	±40 mK	±94 mK	±9.4 mK
Silicon Diode	DT-470-SD-13 with 1.4H calibration	1.4	1.6981 V	-13.1 mV/K	0.8 mK	±13 mK	±20 mK	±1.5 mK
		77	1.0203 V	-1.92 mV/K	5.2 mK	±68 mK	±105 mK	±10.4 mK
		300	0.5189 V	-2.4 mV/K	4.2 mK	±44 mK	±79 mK	±8.3 mK
		475	0.0906 V	-2.22 mV/K	4.5 mK	±38 mK	±87 mK	±9.0 mK
GaAlAs Diode	TG-120-SD with 1.4H calibration	1.4	5.3909 V	-97.5 mV/K	0.21 mK	±6 mK	±13 mK	±410 µK
		77	1.4222 V	-1.24 mV/K	16 mK	±179 mK	±216 mK	±32.3 mK
		300	0.8978 V	-2.85 mV/K	7 mK	±60 mK	±95 mK	±14.0 mK
		475	0.3778 V	-3.15 mV/K	6.3 mK	±37 mK	±86 mK	±12.7 mK
Capacitance	CS-501	4.2	6.0 nF	27 pF/K	7.4 mK	Not applicable	Calibration not available from Lake Shore	±14.8 mK
		77	9.1 nF	52 pF/K	3.9 mK			±7.7 mK
		200	19.2 nF	174 pF/K	12 mK			±23 mK
Thermocouple 50 mV 3060-F	Type K	75	-5862.9 µV	15.6 µV/K	26 mK	±252 mK⁵	Calibration not available from Lake Shore	±51.3 mK
		300	1075.3 µV	40.6 µV/K	9.9 mK	±38 mK⁵		±19.7 mK
		600	13325 µV	41.7 µV/K	9.6 mK	±184 mK⁵		±19.2 mK
		1500	49813 µV	36.1 µV/K	11 mK	±718 mK⁵		±22.2 mK
²Typical sensor sensitivities were taken from representative calibrations for the sensor listed ³ Control stability of the electronics only, in an ideal thermal system ⁴ Non-HT version maximum temperature: 325 K ⁵Accuracy specification does not include errors from room temperature compensation

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