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- Patent Title: Apparatus for monitoring a fluid
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Application No.: US16763118Application Date: 2018-11-15
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Publication No.: US11579108B2Publication Date: 2023-02-14
- Inventor: Alexander Edward Smith , Maxim Harry Joseph Swinbourne
- Applicant: 4T2 SENSORS LTD
- Applicant Address: GB Sutton Coldfield
- Assignee: 4T2 SENSORS LTD
- Current Assignee: 4T2 SENSORS LTD
- Current Assignee Address: GB Sutton Coldfield
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Priority: GB1718916 20171115
- International Application: PCT/GB2018/053316 WO 20181115
- International Announcement: WO2019/097239 WO 20190523
- Main IPC: G01N27/22
- IPC: G01N27/22 ; G01N27/04 ; G01N27/06 ; G01N33/28

Abstract:
Apparatus for measuring at least one property of a fluid comprises a capacitive fluid sensor (110) comprising a first electrode (111) and a second electrode (112) with a sensing region (113) between the electrodes. The apparatus comprises an alternating signal source (120) configured to apply an alternating drive signal to the capacitive fluid sensor (110). The apparatus comprises a processing apparatus (200) configured to receive a sense signal from the capacitive fluid sensor (110) and the alternating drive signal. The processing apparatus (200) is configured to: determine a complex difference signal comprising an in-phase difference component between the drive signal and the sense signal and a quadrature difference component between the drive signal and the sense signal; determine the at least one property of the fluid based on both the in-phase phase difference component and the quadrature difference component of the difference signal.
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