Calibrating passive LC sensor
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorMinghua Xu
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Abstract
A flexible, passive pressure sensor includes three LC tank circuits. The first LC tank circuit is a pressure sensing LC tank circuit, having a capacitance that varies in response to changes in environmental pressure. The second and third LC tank circuits are reference LC tank circuits, having capacitances that are relatively constant over changes in environmental pressure. A measurement tool measures the resonant frequencies of the three LC tank circuits and then computes a pressure measurement that accounts for changes in resonant frequencies in the LC tank circuits due to environmental effects and deforming.
Claims5
A method for compensating for shifts in resonant frequency due to dielectric properties of a surrounding medium and non-pressure related mechanical deformations in an inductor-capacitor pressure sensor located in a circulatory vessel, the method comprising:
- measuring the resonant frequency of a pressure-sensing LC tank circuit while the pressure-sensing LC tank circuit is within a circulatory vessel;
- measuring the resonant frequency of a first reference LC tank circuit while the first reference LC tank circuit is within the circulatory vessel;
- measuring the resonant frequency of a second reference LC tank circuit while the second reference LC tank circuit is within the circulatory vessel;
- and
- determining a corrected capacitance of the pressure-sensing LC tank circuit utilizing the resonant frequencies of the first and second reference LC tank circuits using the equation:
- C
- 1
-
- V
- =
- m
- 1
- -
- m
- 2
- m
- 3
- -
- m
- 2
-
- (
- C
- 3
- -
- C
- 2
- )
- +
- C
- 2
- wherein C1V is a corrected capacitance of the pressure-sensing LC tank circuit, C2 is the capacitance of the first reference LC tank circuit, and C3 is the capacitance of the second reference LC tank circuit;
- and
- 2 wherein m1 is defined as
- (
- 1
- 2
-
- π
-
- f
- 1
- )
- 2
- with f1 being the resonant frequency of the pressure-sensing LC tank circuit, m2 is defined as
- (
- 1
- 2
-
- π
-
- f
- 2
- )
- 2
- with f2 being the resonant frequency of the first reference LC tank circuit, and m3 is defined as
- (
- 1
- 2
-
- π
-
- f
- 3
- )
- 2
- with f3 being the resonant frequency of the second reference LC tank circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.