US 6,389,371 B1Granted

Signal processing circuit of sensor

AssigneeNagano Keiki Co., Ltd.

InventorsMunenori Tsuchiya, Kazuya Yamagishi, Shigemitsu Ogawa

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Abstract

A processor of a signal processing circuit for calibrating an electro-capacitance pressure sensor includes a coefficient arithmetic section for calculating calibration value and a calibration arithmetic section. The calibration arithmetic section calculates an electro-capacitance ratio between electro-capacitance C1 and C2 detected by an electro-capacitance pressure sensor and conducts a calibration calculation from the electro-capacitance ratio to output a converted pressure value. The processor includes a fundamental arithmetic section for conducting a calculation given by f=(Z−W)/(X−Y) for predetermined arguments X, Y, Z and W input by the coefficient arithmetic section or the calibration arithmetic section and for outputting the calculation result f to the one of the coefficient arithmetic section and the calibration arithmetic section providing the input. The fundamental arithmetic section provides shared calculating for the coefficient calculation and calibration calculation.

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Dependent claims

A signal processing circuit of a sensor for processing an electric signal, the sensor having a sensor element for electrically detecting a change in physical amount of a workpiece and a signal output means for detecting the change of the sensor element and outputting the electric signal, the signal processing circuit comprising a processor for obtaining a reduced value P of the physical amount by calibrating a detected value k obtained by the electric signal with a transforming formula of, P = γ × ( k - β ) 1 + α × ( k - β )

the processor comprising:
a coefficient arithmetic section for calculating coefficients α, β and γ of the transforming formula by obtaining a detected value corresponding to known physical amount at three points within a measurement range of the sensor and assigning the detected value to the transforming formula;
a calibration arithmetic section for obtaining the reduced value P of the physical amount by assigning the calculated coefficients α, β and γ and calibrating the detected value k detected in accordance with an unknown measured physical amount by the transforming formula;
and a fundamental arithmetic section for conducting a calculation represented by the formula of, f = Z - W X - Y
based on predetermined arguments X, Y, Z and W input from the coefficient arithmetic section or the calibration arithmetic section and outputting a calculation result f to the one of the coefficient arithmetic section and the calibration arithmetic section from which the predetermined arguments X, Y, Z and W are output to the fundamental arithmetic section.

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A signal processing circuit for processing an electric signal from a pressure sensor including a sensor element for electrically detecting a physical amount of pressure applied thereto and a signal output device for outputting an electric signal based on the pressure applied to the sensor element, the signal processing circuit comprising:

a processor for obtaining a reduced value P of the physical amount by calibrating a detected value k obtained from the electric signal with a transforming formula of:
P = γ × ( k - β ) 1 + α × ( k - β )
the processor comprising:
a coefficient arithmetic section for calculating coefficients α, β and γ of the transforming formula by successively obtaining detected values corresponding to known physical amounts at three points within a measurement range of the sensor and assigning the detected values to the transforming formula;
a calibration arithmetic section for obtaining the reduced value P of the physical amount by assigning the calculated coefficients α, β and γ and calibrating the detected value k detected in accordance with an unknown measured physical amount by the transforming formula;
and
a fundamental arithmetic section for conducting calculation f represented by the formula of, f = Z - W X - Y
based on predetermined variables X, Y, Z and W input by either the coefficient arithmetic section or the calibration arithmetic section and returning a calculation result f to the one of the coefficient arithmetic section or the calibration arithmetic section from which the predetermined variables X, Y, Z and W are output to the fundamental arithmetic section,
whereby the structure of the coefficient arithmetic section and the calibration arithmetic section is simplified as the fundamental arithmetic section is used for both calibrating the sensor and measurement.

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