CARBON MONOXIDE SENSOR SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS

A miniature lower cost optical sensing apparatus and method are provided for determining the concentration and/or hazard from a target gas by means of IR or visible photon monitoring one or more sensors that responds to carbon monoxide. The apparatus comprises a photon source optically coupled to th...

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Hauptverfasser:	OUM MICHELLE S, GOLDSTEIN MARK K
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES MEASURING NANOTECHNOLOGY PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES TESTING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A miniature lower cost optical sensing apparatus and method are provided for determining the concentration and/or hazard from a target gas by means of IR or visible photon monitoring one or more sensors that responds to carbon monoxide. The apparatus comprises a photon source optically coupled to the sensor and at least a portion of the photon intensity passing through the sensor is quantified by one or more photodiode(s) in a system, so that the photon flux is a function of at least one sensor's response to the target gas, e.g., transmits light through the sensor to the photodiode. The photo current from the photodiode is converted to a sensor reading value proportional to the optical characteristics of the sensors and is loaded into a microprocessor or other logic circuit. In the microprocessor, the sensor readings may be differentiated to determine the rate of change of the sensor readings and the total photons absorbed value may be used to calculate the CO concentration and/or dose.