发明授权
US06886412B2 Ultrasonic-wave propagation-time measuring method and gas concentration sensor
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超声波传播时间测量方法和气体浓度传感器
- 专利标题: Ultrasonic-wave propagation-time measuring method and gas concentration sensor
- 专利标题(中): 超声波传播时间测量方法和气体浓度传感器
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申请号: US10076423申请日: 2002-02-19
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公开(公告)号: US06886412B2公开(公告)日: 2005-05-03
- 发明人: Keigo Banno , Hideki Ishikawa , Yoshikuni Sato , Noboru Ishida , Takafumi Oshima
- 申请人: Keigo Banno , Hideki Ishikawa , Yoshikuni Sato , Noboru Ishida , Takafumi Oshima
- 申请人地址: JP Aichi
- 专利权人: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
- 当前专利权人: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
- 当前专利权人地址: JP Aichi
- 代理机构: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- 优先权: JP2001-041680 20010219
- 主分类号: G01N29/02
- IPC分类号: G01N29/02 ; F02D35/00 ; F02D45/00 ; G01H5/00 ; G01N29/00 ; G01N29/024 ; G01N29/38 ; G01N29/40 ; G01F1/66
摘要:
An ultrasonic-wave propagation-time measuring method and gas concentration sensor are disclosed in which a reception wave which has been transmitted and received by an ultrasonic element 5 is subjected to full-wave rectification in order to obtain a full-wave-rectified wave, which is then integrated by an integration circuit 37 to obtain an integral value. A peak value of the integral value is held by a peak-hold circuit 39. As to detection of gas concentration, a threshold-level calculation section 21e sets a reference value on the basis of the peak value, and a point in time when the amplitude of a reception wave having undergone full-wave rectification is judged by a comparator 43 to have reached the reference value is regarded as an arrival time. Subsequently, a gas concentration is determined on the basis of a period between the emission time and the arrival time.