Photoacoustic gas sensor and method for operating a photoacoustic gas sensor

    公开(公告)号:US11137376B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-05

    申请号:US16408712

    申请日:2019-05-10

    Abstract: A photoacoustic gas sensor includes a hermetically sealed housing filled with a reference gas. The photoacoustic gas sensor furthermore includes a microphone arranged in the housing and configured to generate a microphone signal as a function of a sound wave based on light incident in the housing. Furthermore, the photoacoustic gas sensor includes a controllable heat source arranged in the housing and configured to selectively thermoacoustically excite the reference gas in order to generate a thermoacoustic sound wave phase-shifted with respect to the sound wave.

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