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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lars Stormbom, Vantaa, FI;
Assignee:
Vaisala Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 2501 ; 73 232 ; 73 2505 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for improving the selectivity of a polymer film gas sensor. According to the method, the gas sensor is heated and a sensor parameter sensitive to the variable under measurement is recorded. According to the invention, the parameter of the sensor sensitive to the variable under measurement is measured at a plurality of instants during both the heating period and the cooling period of the sensor, a hysteresis function of the sensor response is formed over the heating and cooling periods, and on the basis of the hysteresis function, the concentration of each measured gas component is determined.