Invention Application
- Patent Title: GAS DETECTOR COMPRISING PLURAL GAS SENSORS AND GAS DETECTION
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Application No.: US16931485Application Date: 2020-07-17
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Publication No.: US20210041386A1Publication Date: 2021-02-11
- Inventor: Masafumi TOYOTA , Kunihiko MAEJIMA , Tomohiro KAWAGUCHI , Tatsuya ISHIMOTO
- Applicant: Figaro Engineering Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Figaro Engineering Inc.
- Current Assignee: Figaro Engineering Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Priority: JP2019-146119 20190808,JP2020-013471 20200130
- Main IPC: G01N27/12
- IPC: G01N27/12 ; G01N33/00 ; G01M3/40

Abstract:
A gas detector comprises: plural gas sensors provided with a metal-oxide semiconductor whose resistance changes based upon contact with a gas; and a driving circuit for operating the gas sensors. The gas detector stores the ratio between initial resistance in air of the metal-oxide semiconductor and initial resistance of the metal-oxide semiconductor in an atmosphere including a predetermined concentration of fron gas, for the plural gas sensors. The gas detector learns resistance in air of the metal-oxide semiconductor in a gas sensor in use, and detects occurrence of fron gas when resistance of the metal-oxide semiconductor of the gas sensor in use becomes lower than a value corresponding to the learned resistance in air divided by the ratio. The gas detector counts the period that a first gas sensor is used. When the first gas sensor has been used for a predetermined period, both the first gas sensor and a second gas sensor are used for a learning period to continue detection of fron by the first gas sensor and to learn the resistance in air of the metal-oxide semiconductor of the second gas sensor. After completion of the learning period, fron leakage is detected by the second gas sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US11506622B2 Gas detector comprising plural gas sensors and gas detection method thereby Public/Granted day:2022-11-22
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