An automated resistor network to inspect the linearity of resistance-thermometry measurements

This note describes a resistor network that enables automated linearity checks of resistance-thermometry measurements. The network is made in such a manner that the voltages across any number of resistors in a resistor series are read to get separate four-terminal values interrelated by the formula for the series connection. Linearity tests of resistance bridges show that the network can resolve deviations from linearity down to ?20??? for resistance measurements from 32 to 284 ?.