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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2015
Scott Technologies, Inc., Baco Raton, FL (US);
Fatos Adami, Stallings, NC (US);
Nicholas Anthony DeBlasio, Monroe, NC (US);
Byron Eugene McLendon, Matthews, NC (US);
Stephen Edwin Mealy, Jr., Indian Trail, NC (US);
Keli Chalfant Merkel, Waxhaw, NC (US);
Edward Russell Propst, Jr., Monroe, NC (US);
SCOTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Monroe, NC (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed including an automatic sensor excitation voltage adjustment feature, a multi-range concentration feature, and a single calibration feature. The automatic sensor excitation voltage adjustment feature may include a transmitter having an associated microprocessor that provides an initial voltage to an associated sensor. The sensor may include a microprocessor, and as the voltage changes a correction signal may be relayed from the sensor microprocessor to the transmitter microprocessor. The correction signal may be used by the transmitter microprocessor to adjust the voltage applied to the sensor. The multi-range concentration sensor feature may include an amplifier associated with the sensor/microprocessor to create gain settings used to optimize sensor resolution by changing a gain value associated with the sensor. This, in turn, enables a single sensor to be used for a variety of different concentration ranges, as desired by a user. The single calibration feature enables a sensor to be calibrated at a single gas concentration value, and thereafter be used for a variety of different concentration range applications. Other embodiments are described and claimed.