What are the advantages and disadvantages of thermister?

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Advantages:

There are some advantages of thermister is given below,

• The thermister has good sensitivity in NTC region.
• It has fast response over narrow temperature range.
• Contact and lead resistance problems not occurred due to large resistance.
• The thermistor is small in size.
• Cost is low.

Disadvantages:

There are some disadvantages of thermister is given below,

• The thermister is not suitable for large temperature range.
• The resistance temperature characteristics are non linear.
• The thermistor need shielding power lines.
• The excitation current should be low to avoid self heating.