发明授权
- 专利标题: Capacitance-based moisture sensor
- 专利标题(中): 电容式湿度传感器
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申请号: US13365388申请日: 2012-02-03
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公开(公告)号: US09146206B2公开(公告)日: 2015-09-29
- 发明人: Michael L. Rhodes , Clayton S. Morton , James A. Chambers , Graeme L. Jarvis , Larry L. Hendrickson
- 申请人: Michael L. Rhodes , Clayton S. Morton , James A. Chambers , Graeme L. Jarvis , Larry L. Hendrickson
- 申请人地址: US IL Moline
- 专利权人: DEERE & COMPANY
- 当前专利权人: DEERE & COMPANY
- 当前专利权人地址: US IL Moline
- 主分类号: G01R27/26
- IPC分类号: G01R27/26 ; G01N27/22 ; G01N33/24
摘要:
A capacitance-based moisture sensor may include a sleeve having an internal cavity, a container filled with soil or other material inserted into the internal cavity, and a pair of ring-shaped conductive bands around the exterior of the sleeve forming a capacitor and providing a frequency output. The rings positioned around a perimeter of the sleeve may be connected to a fixed inductor to form an oscillator with a variable frequency output. The sensor may be calibrated from the frequency output for each of a plurality of substances, measuring the volumetric water content for saturation of the material, and determining at least one fitting constant in an equation wherein volumetric water content is a function of the frequency output and a plurality of fitting constants.
公开/授权文献
- US20130200905A1 Capacitance-Based Moisture Sensor 公开/授权日:2013-08-08