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Limiting electric current type oxygen concentration detector applied with temperature compensation

US4472262A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 1982
Grant dateSep 18, 1984
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Expiry dateMay 24, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N27/4065
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An oxygen concentration detector provided with an oxygen concentration sensor further provided with an oxygen ionic conductor, a cathode placed on one surface of the oxygen ionic conductor, an anode placed on the other surface of the oxygen ionic conductor, and a layer convering the cathode for regulating the diffusion of oxygen gas toward the cathode. Temperature compensation is applied to the output of the detector which is inherently influenced by the temperature of the sensor. More specifically, an oxygen concentration detector is provided with the foregoing oxygen concentration sensor, and voltage or current is alternatively supplied to the sensor to measure a limiting current of the sensor and internal resistance of the sensor, and the current or the voltage produced by the foregoing application of voltage or current, and a temperature compensation is applied to the detected magnitude of limiting current according to the internal resistance of the sensor.

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