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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2016
Ngk Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Yuzo Higuchi, Komaki, JP;
NGK Spark Plug Co., LTD., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sensor control apparatus controls a gas sensor which measures the concentration of oxygen contained in exhaust gas. A current DA converter of the sensor control apparatus supplies a current having a current value designated by a control section (hereinafter referred to as the designated current value) to a label resistor having a resistance previously set so as to represent the characteristic of the gas sensor (hereinafter referred to as the characteristic resistance). Further, the control section of the sensor control apparatus sets the designated current value to a plurality of values in accordance with the characteristic resistance of the label resistor.