Gas sensor with smart pellistor
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1. An assembly comprising:
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a resistive, gas responsive sensor element carried by and within the housing;
a compensator element carried by and within the housing;
a plurality of electrical connectors extending from the housing, each of the electrical connectors forming a direct electrical connection with at least one of the resistive, gas responsive sensor element and compensator element within the housing via one or more electrical traces and tracks; and
a representation of individual sensor-specific information carried, in a non-transitory computer readable medium, by and within the housing, the non-transitory computer readable medium is electrically connected within the housing in parallel with the compensator element via the plurality of electrical connectors, the representation includes at least one of sensor-specific temperature compensation information, or sensor-specific humidity compensation information to allow for individual sensor compensation and where the at least one of sensor-specific temperature compensation information, or sensor-specific humidity compensation information of the non-transitory computer readable medium is accessible by circuits external to the housing via the plurality of connectors.
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Abstract
A gas sensor includes a gas responsive pellistor and associated information specific to that pellistor. The information can include environmental compensation information, such as temperature or humidity compensation information or other manufacturing information, and is stored in a computer readable medium. Such information can be used by local circuitry in compensating the sensor while making ambient gas level determinations.
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21 Claims
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1. An assembly comprising:
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a housing; a resistive, gas responsive sensor element carried by and within the housing; a compensator element carried by and within the housing; a plurality of electrical connectors extending from the housing, each of the electrical connectors forming a direct electrical connection with at least one of the resistive, gas responsive sensor element and compensator element within the housing via one or more electrical traces and tracks; and a representation of individual sensor-specific information carried, in a non-transitory computer readable medium, by and within the housing, the non-transitory computer readable medium is electrically connected within the housing in parallel with the compensator element via the plurality of electrical connectors, the representation includes at least one of sensor-specific temperature compensation information, or sensor-specific humidity compensation information to allow for individual sensor compensation and where the at least one of sensor-specific temperature compensation information, or sensor-specific humidity compensation information of the non-transitory computer readable medium is accessible by circuits external to the housing via the plurality of connectors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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before assembly, detecting individual sensor-specific temperature variation characteristics of a selected resistive gas sensor; storing a representation of the individual sensor-specific detected temperature characteristics in a non-transitory computer readable medium within a housing of the selected resistive gas sensor; during assembly, associating the stored representation of the individual sensor-specific detected temperature characteristics with the sensor; during assembly, providing a plurality of connectors extending into the housing, each connecting to one of a compensator element and gas sensing element of the selected resistive gas sensor and electrically connecting within the housing of the selected resistive gas sensor the non-transitory computer readable medium in parallel with the compensating element of the selected resistive gas sensor via the plurality of conductors; and using the individual sensor-specific stored representation to temperature compensate the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A detector comprising:
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a housing; a socket carried by the housing; a gas sensor which includes a gas responsive element, a compensation element, a plurality of connectors extending into the gas sensor where each of the plurality of connectors electrically connects to at least one of the gas responsive and compensator elements and associated individual sensor-specific environmental compensation information specific to the gas responsive element, the gas sensor releasably carried by the housing via operation of the plurality of connectors, the associated individual sensor-specific environmental compensation information loaded in a non-transitory computer readable medium that is also carried within by the gas sensor, the compensator element and non-transitory computer readable medium electrically connected in parallel within the gas sensor; and gas level detecting control circuits, coupled to the individual sensor-specific environmental sensor and temperature compensation information, and responsive thereto. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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providing a gas responsive detector element and compensator element; before assembly, establishing individual sensor-specific temperature compensation information relative to that gas responsive detector element; during assembly, coupling the individual sensor-specific information to the gas responsive detector element; and incorporating the gas responsive detector element, the compensator element and a non-transitory computer readable medium loaded with the information into a housing of a gas detector along with a plurality of connectors extending through the housing where each of the plurality of connectors connects to at least one of the gas response detector element and compensator element and; electrically connected the compensator element in parallel with the non-transitory computer readable medium within the housing; and accessing the sensor-specific temperature compensation information of the non-transitory computer readable medium via the plurality of connectors. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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