Apparatus for measuring a state variable in a gas with at least one semiconductive gas sensor

To eliminate the effects of semiconductive sensor aging in the use of a semiconductive sensor for measuring the state variables of a gas in a system in which a pair of electrodes are embedded in an active semiconductive layer so that the conductivity of the semiconductive layer varies as a function...

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Hauptverfasser: KELLETER, JOERG, PETIG, HEINZ, KOHL, CLAUS-DIETER
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:To eliminate the effects of semiconductive sensor aging in the use of a semiconductive sensor for measuring the state variables of a gas in a system in which a pair of electrodes are embedded in an active semiconductive layer so that the conductivity of the semiconductive layer varies as a function of the state variable, a field electrode is provided and superimposed upon the measurement voltage, a voltage pulse is applied intermittently and the characteristic of the resulting current pulse is used to compensate for changes resulting from aging of the sensor.