Gas sensor and method for analyzing the measured variables
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing the measured variables of a gas sensor, the method comprising:
- detecting measured variables of a gas sensor representing the concentration of the gas to be detected;
in a first analysis mode, as a function of a comparison of at least one measured variable and/or a difference between two successive measured variables to a first threshold value, generating a first gas concentration signal; and
in a second analysis mode, as a function of an average value calculation of at least two measured variables, generating a second gas concentration signal.
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Abstract
A method and an analysis unit for analyzing the measured variables of a gas sensor, and a gas sensor which is operated using this method, provides that the fundamental method detects measured variables of a gas sensor, which represent the concentration of the gas to be monitored. Subsequently, two analysis modes are provided in the method, which differ essentially due to the speed and precision of the measured variable analysis. In a first analysis mode, at least one measured variable and/or the difference between two successive measured variables is compared to a threshold value. Depending on the output of the comparison, subsequently a first gas concentration signal is generated or not. The situation is similar in the second analysis mode, an average value calculation of at least two measured variables being carried out here and a second gas concentration signal being generated as a function of the result.
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1. A method for analyzing the measured variables of a gas sensor, the method comprising:
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detecting measured variables of a gas sensor representing the concentration of the gas to be detected; in a first analysis mode, as a function of a comparison of at least one measured variable and/or a difference between two successive measured variables to a first threshold value, generating a first gas concentration signal; and in a second analysis mode, as a function of an average value calculation of at least two measured variables, generating a second gas concentration signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 16, 17)
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6. An analysis unit for a gas sensor, comprising:
an analysis arrangement configured to analyze measured variables of the gas sensor, by performing the following; detecting measured variables of a gas sensor representing the concentration of the gas to be detected; in a first analysis mode, as a function of a comparison of at least one measured variable and/or a difference between two successive measured variables to a first threshold value, generating a first gas concentration signal; and in a second analysis mode, as a function of an average value calculation of at least two measured variables, generating a second gas concentration signal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 18, 19)
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11. A gas sensor, comprising:
an analysis unit for a gas sensor, including an analysis arrangement configured to analyze measured variables of the gas sensor, by performing the following; detecting measured variables of a gas sensor representing the concentration of the gas to be detected; in a first analysis mode, as a function of a comparison of at least one measured variable and/or a difference between two successive measured variables to a first threshold value, generating a first gas concentration signal; and in a second analysis mode, as a function of an average value calculation of at least two measured variables, generating a second gas concentration signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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