Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Product List
PTC Overcurrent POSISTOR Slide 2
A PTC Thermistor is a resistive device made from barium titanate ceramics that maintains an almost constant resistance up to its Curie temperature. As temperature increases above this level, a sharp increase in resistance occurs as shown on this slide.  This resistance change is fully reversible, and without hysteresis. As the part cools off, resistance returns to its normal value along the same resistance path followed during heat-up.
PTM Published on: 2011-11-02