Gas concentration measuring apparatus compensating for error component of output signal
US6295862A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 2, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N27/419
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A gas concentration measuring apparatus is provided which measures the concentration of two kinds of gas components such as O.sub.2 and NOx contained in exhaust gasses of an internal combustion engine of automotive vehicles. The apparatus has a gas sensor which includes a first cell responsive to application of a voltage to discharge O.sub.2 in the exhaust gasses to the outside and produce an electric current as a function of concentration of the discharged O.sub.2 and a second cell responsive to application of a voltage to produce an electric current as a function of concentration of NOx in the exhaust gasses from which the O.sub.2 is discharged by the first cell. The apparatus offsets an error component of the electric current produced by the second cell which depends upon O.sub.2 contained in the exhaust gasses, or which in related operations, depends upon any residual oxygen remaining in the second cell without being discharged by the first cell.
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