Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Soil moisture and electrical conductivity probe
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Application No.: US14952091Application Date: 2015-11-25
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Publication No.: US10935537B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Erkka Sointula , Peter Ellegaard
- Applicant: Erkka Sointula , Peter Ellegaard
- Applicant Address: FI Salo; US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Erkka Sointula,Peter Ellegaard
- Current Assignee: Erkka Sointula,Peter Ellegaard
- Current Assignee Address: FI Salo; US CA San Diego
- Agency: Steins & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01N33/24
- IPC: G01N33/24 ; G01N27/22 ; G01N33/00

Abstract:
A Soil Moisture and Electrical Conductivity Probe. The soil moisture probe employs brass ring pairs, wherein each pair incorporates dual feedpoints. There is a single main control circuit for operating the plurality of sensor ring pairs in a multiplexed approach. In order to allow for multiplexed operation, each sensor ring pair includes a signal tuning assembly. The signal tuning assembly includes apparatus for attenuating the signal noise at each sensor ring pair, as well as apparatus for matching the ring-pair to ring-pair lead impedence. The temperature of each ring pair is individually detected to improve the accuracy of all of the sensor ring pairs. This temperature sensing is accomplished by multiplexing a single reference voltage with all of the sensor rings, and by implementing a thermistor at each sensor ring pair.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190257809A1 Soil Moisture and Electrical Conductivity Probe Public/Granted day:2019-08-22
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