The invention discloses an
alternating current (AC) impedance
spectroscopy automatic testing device of
positive temperature coefficient (PTC)
thermistor. The device comprises an
electric heating oven for holding a sample, a
temperature control and protection circuit for maintaining the
electric heating oven at a constant temperature and preventing
overcurrent, an impedance measuring circuit for measuring the sample impedance, and a master control
machine connected with two circuits via a
CAN bus respectively and used for receiving a user instruction and controlling the two circuits to accomplish measurement. The impedance measuring circuit in the invention is based on high-speed synchronous
data acquisition and
digital signal processing technology, satisfies the measurement requirements for high precision, wide measurement range and wide
frequency band, and has features of small volume, low cost and convenient operation. Data communication among the
temperature control and protection circuit, the impedance measuring circuit and the master control
machine is realized via CAN buses, to achieve good real-time property and high reliability. The invention can ensure constant-
temperature testing environment, carries out multi-frequency point scanning measurement to the
AC impedance of the tested sample, and realizes full
automatic testing of impedance-temperature characteristics of the PTC
thermistor under different frequencies.