Gas Sensing Systems and Methods of Operation Thereof
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsPrashanth Makaram, Abidin Guclu Onaran
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Abstract
A method of sensing includes obtaining first sensor data points by a sensor, obtaining first reference data points, and determining a correlation between the first sensor data points and the first reference data points. The method of sensing further includes measuring second sensor data points by the sensor, obtaining second reference data points, and adjusting the second sensor data points using the correlation and the second reference data points to obtain corrected sensor data points. The method of sensing also includes determining sensed values from the corrected sensor data points and storing the sensed values.
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A method of sensing, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a sensor, first sensor data points;
- obtaining first reference data points;
- determining a correlation between the first sensor data points and the first reference data points;
- measuring, by the sensor, second sensor data points;
- obtaining second reference data points;
- adjusting the second sensor data points using the correlation and the second reference data points to obtain corrected sensor data points;
- determining sensed values from the corrected sensor data points;
- and
- storing the sensed values.
A method of sensing, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a sensor, first sensor data points during a first time interval;
- obtaining first reference data points during the first time interval;
- and
- during a second time interval and after the first time interval,
- measuring, by the sensor, second sensor data points,
- generating corrected second sensor data points by correcting for baseline variation in the second sensor data points using a relationship between the first sensor data points and the first reference data points, and
- determining sensed values from the corrected second sensor data points.
A sensor device comprising:
- a gas sensor disposed on a first substrate, the gas sensor being configured to measure first sensor data points and second sensor data points;
- a heating element disposed within the first substrate, wherein the gas sensor overlaps the heating element;
- a processor operatively coupled to the gas sensor and the heating element;
- and
- a memory storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program comprising instructions for
- recording first resistance values and second resistance values of the heating element,
- adjusting the second sensor data points using the first sensor data points, the first resistance values, and the second resistance values to obtain corrected sensor data points, and
- determining sensed values from the corrected sensor data points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.