Patent ID: 7698814

Claim:
A method for linearizing potentiometric sensors, the method comprising: inserting a potentiometric sensor provided with a resistive track in a measurement or processing station; applying a defined voltage or of a defined current across the resistive track; placing sensing elements composed of metallic contacts that are distributed at uniform intervals over the length of the resistive track; acquiring individual measured values of the sensing elements and determining a resistance curve of the resistive track; linearizing the resistance of the resistive track by a sequential adjustment of the resistance of the resistive track; marking, via a marker, contact points of the sensing elements on the resistive track prior to the placement of the sensing elements; placing the sensing elements on the markers; and removing the markers once the contact points of the sensing elements have been marked, wherein a position of the contact points of the sensing elements is taken into account in determining the curve of the resistance of the resistive track.