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Typical Sensor Performance

Sample calculations of typical sensor performance

	Example Lake Shore sensor	Temp	Nominal resistance/voltage	Typical sensor sensitivity⁶	Measurement resolution: temperature equivalents	Electronic accuracy: temperature equivalents	Temperature accuracy including electronic accuracy, CalCurve™, and calibrated sensor
Silicon diode	DT-670-SD with 1.4H calibration	1.4 K	1.644 V	-12.49 mV/K	1.6 mK	±29 mK	±41 mK
		77 K	1.028 V	-1.73 mV/K	11.6 mK	±175 mK	±197 mK
		300 K	0.5597 V	-2.3 mV/K	8.7 mK	±111 mK	±143 mK
		500 K	0.0907 V	-2.12 mV/K	9.4 mK	±99 mK	±149 mK
Silicon diode	DT-470-SD-13 with 1.4H calibration	1.4 K	1.6981 V	-13.1 mV/K	1.5 mK	±28 mK	±40 mK
		77 K	1.0203 V	-1.92 mV/K	10.5 mK	±157 mK	±179 mK
		300 K	0.5189 V	-2.4 mV/K	8.4 mK	±105 mK	±137 mK
		475 K	0.0906 V	-2.22 mV/K	9.1 mK	±94 mK	±144 mK
GaAlAs diode	TG-120-SD with 1.4H calibration	1.4 K	5.391 V	-97.5 mV/K	0.2 mK	±15 mK	±27 mK
		77 K	1.422 V	-1.24 mV/K	16.2 mK	±512 mK	±534 mK
		300 K	0.8978 V	-2.85 mV/K	7 mK	±186 mK	±218 mK
		475 K	0.3778 V	-3.15 mV/K	6.4 mK	±135 mK	±185 mK
100 Ω platinum RTD 500 Ω full scale	PT-103 with 1.4J calibration	30 K	3.66 Ω	0.19 Ω/K	10.5 mK	±320 mK	±330 mK
		77 K	20.38 Ω	0.42 Ω/K	4.8 mK	±153 mK	±165 mK
		300 K	110.35 Ω	0.39 Ω/K	5.2 mK	±210 mK	±232 mK
		500 K	185.668 Ω	0.378 Ω/K	5.3 mK	±257 mK	±303 mK
Cernox^®	CX-1050-SD-HT⁷ with 4M calibration	4.2 K	3507.2 Ω	-1120.8 Ω/K	45 µK	±2.0 mK	±7.0 mK
		77 K	205.67 Ω	-2.4116 Ω/K	20.8 mK	±366 mK	±382 mK
		300 K	59.467 Ω	-0.1727 Ω/K	290 mK	±4.8 K	±4.8 K
		420 K	45.03 Ω	-0.0829 Ω/K	604 mK	±9.9 K	±9.9 K
Germanium	GR-300-AA with 0.3D calibration	1.2 K	600 Ω	-987 Ω/K	51 µK	±0.6 mK	±5.3 mK
		1.4 K	449 Ω	-581 Ω/K	86 µK	±1 mK	±5 mK
		4.2 K	94 Ω	-27 Ω/K	1.9 mK	±16 mK	±20 mK
		100 K	3 Ω	-0.024 Ω/K	2.1 K	±2.5 K	±2.5 K
Germanium	GR-1400-AA with 1.4D calibration	4 K	1873 Ω	-1008 Ω/K	50 µK	±1.1 mK	±5.1 mK
		4.2 K	1689 Ω	-862 Ω/K	58 µK	±1.2 mK	±5.2 mK
		10 K	253 Ω	-62 Ω/K	807 µK	±1.8 mK	±6.8 mK
		100 K	3 Ω	-0.021 Ω/K	2.4 K	±2.9 K	±2.9 K
Carbon-glass	CGR-1-2000 with 4L calibration	4.2 K	2260 Ω	-2060 Ω/K	25 µK	±0.6 mK	±4.6 mK
		77 K	21.65 Ω	-0.157 Ω/K	319 mK	±410 mK	±435 mK
		300 K	11.99 Ω	-0.015 Ω/K	3.33 K	±4.2 K	±4.2 K

⁶ Typical sensor sensitivities were taken from representative calibrations for the sensor listed
⁷ Non-HT version maximum temperature: 325 K