Sensors Characterization and Control of Measurement Systems Based on Thermoresistive Sensors via Feedback Linearization

Thermoresistive sensors, in the general sense, are resistive sensors which work based on the variation of an electrical quantity (resistance, voltage or current) as a function of a thermal quantity (temperature, thermal radiation or thermal conductance). An important application of thermoresistive sensors is in temperature measurement, used in different areas, such as meteorology, medicine and motoring, with different objectives, such as temperature monitoring, indication, control and compensation (Pallas-Areny & Webster, 2001), (Doebelin, 2004), (Deep et al., 1992).