Patent ID: 6942382

Claim:
A miniature connector having on-board electronics for a thermocouple, characterized in that it comprises a module containing: first and second connection means for connecting a thermocouple to a printed circuit, said printed circuit including connecting means for connecting elements of the on-board electronics; three connection posts for connecting said printed circuit to a connector supply and signal transfer cable, said signal being formed by the on-board electronics; means for measuring the ambient temperature in the connector disposed between the two connection means of the thermocouple; forming means for amplifying a signal supplied by the thermocouple and scaling of a signal supplied by the ambient temperature measurement means, the forming means also performing the summation of the amplified signal and the scaled signal as well as the linearization of the signal resulting from this summation; said forming means being comprised of: a linearization circuit, whose output is connected to one of said three connection posts; a scaling circuit of the signal supplied by an output of the ambient temperature measurement means; a summation circuit comprising two inputs and one output; a differential amplifier circuit, each of whose inputs is connected to the first and second connection means and whose output is connected via a printed circuit track to a first input of the summation circuit, said summation circuit receiving over its other input the output of said scaling circuit, the output of the summation circuit being connected to the input of said linearization circuit.