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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

Robert Nishida, Victoria, CA;

Tyler James Johnson, Edmonton, CA;

Simone Hochgreb, Cambridge, GB;

Adam Meyer Boies, Cambridge, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/06 (2024.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/0656 (2013.01); G01N 1/22 (2013.01); G01N 15/0266 (2013.01); G01N 33/0004 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2223 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0046 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1486 (2013.01);
Abstract

A particle sensor for measuring size and concentration properties of particles in a gas includes a bipolar diffusion charger configured to charge particles within a received gas sample by the collision of the received particles with and transfer of charge from both positive and negative ions concurrently. At least one electrometer detects the charge of received particles thereby charged. The net, positive, negative or total charge on the bipolarly charged particles has a low sensitivity to variations in the absolute rate of charge generation in the bipolar diffusion charger. A sensor for a ratio of ion charge mobilities in a bipolar diffusion charger employs an ion trap between the bipolar diffusion charger and at least one electrometer.


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