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US 9,312,713 B2Granted
Heating a sensitive layer of a chemical sensor subject to detection of a recharge process in an electronic device
AssigneeSensirion AG
InventorsMarkus Graf, Moritz Lechner
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Abstract
In a method for operating a portable electronic device a recharge process for recharging a rechargeable energy storage of the portable electronic device is detected. A heater is activated for heating a sensitive layer of a chemical sensor contained in the portable electronic device subject to the detection of the recharge process.
Claims11
Method for operating a portable electronic device, comprising
- detecting a recharge process for recharging a rechargeable energy storage of the portable electronic device, and
- activating a heater for heating a sensitive layer of a chemical sensor contained in the portable electronic device,
- wherein the heater is activated subject to the detection of the recharge process and subject to a period of time elapsed since the last time the heater has been activated in response to a recharge process.
Method for operating a portable electronic device, comprising
- detecting a recharge process for recharging a rechargeable energy storage of the portable electronic device, and
- activating a heater for heating a sensitive layer of a chemical sensor contained in the portable electronic device,
- wherein the heater is activated subject to the detection of the recharge process and subject to a period of time elapsed since the last time the heater has been activated for conducting a measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.