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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2008
Adam Dewey Mcbrady, Minneapolis, MN (US);
J. David Zook, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Alex Gu, Plymouth, MN (US);
Michael L. Rhodes, Richfield, MN (US);
Adam Dewey McBrady, Minneapolis, MN (US);
J. David Zook, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Alex Gu, Plymouth, MN (US);
Michael L. Rhodes, Richfield, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method includes acquiring a chemical sample and modulating the chemical sample at a frequency greater than a drift frequency of a sensor. The method also includes determining at least one of a presence and a concentration of the analyte within the modulated chemical sample using the sensor. Modulating the chemical sample could include alternately absorbing at least some of the analyte into a sorbent material and releasing at least some of the analyte from the sorbent material. Modulating the chemical sample could also include heating the sorbent material, absorbing part of the analyte into the sorbent material, and passing a remaining portion of the analyte into the sensor. Modulating the chemical sample could further include stopping the heating of the sorbent material, releasing the part of the analyte from the sorbent material, and passing the sample with the released part of the analyte into the sensor.