Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control unit for a gas concentration sensor
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Application No.: US14681159Application Date: 2015-04-08
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Publication No.: US09765719B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Masafumi Umeno
- Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Posz Law Group, PLC
- Priority: JP2014-122551 20140613
- Main IPC: G01N27/406
- IPC: G01N27/406 ; F02D41/14 ; F02D41/30

Abstract:
A control circuit includes a sweep circuit for supplying a sweep current to a gas concentration sensor, a current detection resistor for detecting a sensor current flowing in the gas concentration sensor, a calculation circuit for calculating an impedance of the gas concentration sensor based on the sensor current and an inter-terminal voltage of the gas concentration sensor, and a protective element for suppressing external noise from being applied to the sweep circuit and the calculation circuit. The sweep current is divided to flow in a first protective element and the gas concentration sensor. The sensor current is divided to flow in a second protective element and the current detection resistor. The calculation circuit calculates a loss current flowing to the first protective element or a second loss current flowing to the second protective element and calculates the sensor current based on the calculated current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150362456A1 CONTROL UNIT FOR A GAS CONCENTRATION SENSOR Public/Granted day:2015-12-17
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