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Optical sensor with coextensive solid angle light source

US11016021B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG · DE

Inventor

Ralf Bernhard · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 31, 2020
Grant date	May 25, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 31, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2201/061
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an optical sensor for liquid or gas analysis including a light source that emits measurement radiation and a housing, wherein the light source is arranged in the housing, and wherein the light source radiates measurement radiation out of the housing in a solid angle. The optical sensor further includes a signal light source that emits visible light from the housing in at least the same solid angle.

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