System, apparatus, and method for measuring an oxygen concentration of a gas
First Claim
1. A method of measuring an oxygen concentration of a gas, the method comprising:
- receiving an output signal from an oxygen sensor cell;
measuring an oxygen concentration within a measuring cell; and
varying a flow of oxygen ions within the measuring chamber by varying a pump current through a pump cell controlling the flow of oxygen between a first constant pump current and a second constant pump current in response to the output signal.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method maximizes efficiency and accuracy of measuring an oxygen concentration of a measured gas by varying a flow of oxygen ions within a measuring cell (202) in accordance with an output signal of an oxygen sensor cell (206). The pump current (208) through a pump cell (204) is switched between a constant positive current and a constant negative current when upper and lower thresholds of the output signal are reached. The pulse width ratio of the square wave produced by the varying current is compared to a pulse width ratio function derived from a calibration procedure to determine the oxygen concentration of the measured gas.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of measuring an oxygen concentration of a gas, the method comprising:
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receiving an output signal from an oxygen sensor cell;
measuring an oxygen concentration within a measuring cell; and
varying a flow of oxygen ions within the measuring chamber by varying a pump current through a pump cell controlling the flow of oxygen between a first constant pump current and a second constant pump current in response to the output signal.
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2. A method in accordance with claim 2, further comprising:
determining the oxygen concentration of the gas by comparing a pulse width ratio of the resulting square wave of the pump current to a pulse width ratio function. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of determining an oxygen concentration of gas, the method comprising:
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receiving an output signal from an oxygen sensor cell;
measuring an oxygen concentration within a measuring cell;
varying a flow of oxygen ions within the measuring cell by applying an input voltage at a resistor connected to a negative input of an inverting amplifier to vary a pump current through a pump cell controlling the flow of oxygen between a first constant pump current and a second constant pump current in response to the output signal; and
determining the oxygen concentration based on the input voltage. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of measuring an oxygen concentration of gas, the method comprising:
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receiving an output signal from an oxygen sensor cell;
measuring an oxygen concentration within a measuring cell;
varying a flow of oxygen ions within the measuring cell by applying an input voltage at a resistor connected to a negative input of an inverting amplifier to vary a pump current through a pump cell controlling the flow of oxygen between a first constant pump current and a second constant pump current in response to the output signal; and
measuring the oxygen concentration based on the input voltage.
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