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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1992
Jun Usami, Aichi, JP;
Motohiro Nishiwaki, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
Method of compensating an output signal (YA) of a sensor exposed to an exhaust gas produced from an air-fuel mixture, the sensor including an electrochemical sensing cell which produces an electromotive force (Vs) corresponding an oxygen partial pressure in an internal space into which the exhaust gas diffuses with a predetermined resistance, and an oxygen pumping cell to which a pump current (Ip) is applied so as to control the oxygen partial pressure in the internal space such that the electromotive force is held at a constant value. The output signal corresponds to the pump current. The method includes the steps of: converting the analog output signal (YA) into a digital signal (YD) by an analog/digital converter; compensating the analog signal to a first sensitivity compensation, by adjusting an input signal range (FSR) of the analog/digital converter according to a coefficient (KA) which corresponds to a coefficient (KO.sub.2) of sensitivity of the pump current of the sensor to the O.sub.2 concentration of the exhaust gas.