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positive temperature coefficient

[′päz·əd·iv ′tem·prə·chər ‚kō·i‚fish·ənt]
(thermodynamics)
The condition wherein the resistance, length, or some other characteristic of a substance increases when temperature increases.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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In order to study the effects of GB distribution on the room temperature resistivity and the positive temperature coefficient (PTG) (14) intensity of the GB-filled PP/PMMA blends, the log resistivity of the 10 wt% GB-filled PP/PMMA-1, PP/PMMA-2, and PP/PMMA-3 blends as a function of temperature was measured, as shown in Fig.
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In addition to compensating for beta variations, the positive temperature coefficient of the external carbon-based bias resistor tends to compensate for the negative temperate coefficient of the on-chip resistors.
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