Patents Assigned to Sensor Electronics Corporation
  • Patent number: 9057690
    Abstract: An electrochemical gas sensor testing device that includes a test signal generator that generates a multiplexed signal that includes a first test signal that includes alternating current (AC) and is free from a direct current (DC) component and a second signal that includes a DC bias voltage, an electrochemical cell that includes a counter electrode, a sensing electrode, and an electrolyte, the counter electrode and the sensing electrode being in electrical communication with the electrolyte and each other, the counter electrode being in electrical communication with the signal generator to receive the multiplexed signal generated by the signal generator, and a processor that receives an AC signal from the sensing electrode and that analyzes the AC signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Sensor Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Patrick G. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120086502
    Abstract: An electrochemical gas sensor testing device that includes a test signal generator that generates a multiplexed signal that includes a first test signal that includes alternating current (AC) and is free from a direct current (DC) component and a second signal that includes a DC bias voltage, an electrochemical cell that includes a counter electrode, a sensing electrode, and an electrolyte, the counter electrode and the sensing electrode being in electrical communication with the electrolyte and each other, the counter electrode being in electrical communication with the signal generator to receive the multiplexed signal generated by the signal generator, and a processor that receives an AC signal from the sensing electrode and that analyzes the AC signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SENSOR ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Patrick G. Smith
  • Patent number: 8097146
    Abstract: An electrochemical gas sensor testing device that includes a test signal generator that generates a multiplexed signal that includes a first test signal that includes alternating current (AC) and is free from a direct current (DC) component and a second signal that includes a DC bias voltage, an electrochemical cell that includes a counter electrode, a sensing electrode, and an electrolyte, the counter electrode and the sensing electrode being in electrical communication with the electrolyte and each other, the counter electrode being in electrical communication with the signal generator to receive the multiplexed signal generated by the signal generator, and a processor that receives an AC signal from the sensing electrode and that analyzes the AC signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sensor Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Patrick G. Smith
  • Publication number: 20090242398
    Abstract: An electrochemical gas sensor testing device that includes a test signal generator that generates a multiplexed signal that includes a first test signal that includes alternating current (AC) and is free from a direct current (DC) component and a second signal that includes a DC bias voltage, an electrochemical cell that includes a counter electrode, a sensing electrode, and an electrolyte, the counter electrode and the sensing electrode being in electrical communication with the electrolyte and each other, the counter electrode being in electrical communication with the signal generator to receive the multiplexed signal generated by the signal generator, and a processor that receives an AC signal from the sensing electrode and that analyzes the AC signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Sensor Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Patrick G. Smith
  • Patent number: 7132657
    Abstract: A gas detector that includes at least one source of infrared radiation, at least two analytical detectors, each analytical detector adapted to provide an output signal indicative of a first gas of interest and positioned to receive radiation from the source of radiation, at least one reference detector adapted to receive radiation of a predetermined wavelength, a sample chamber for receiving a gaseous sample, and an optical path length disposed between the source of radiation and the analytical detectors and passing through the sample chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sensor Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Patrick G. Smith
  • Patent number: 6414310
    Abstract: A circuit for measuring the relative absorption signals from an infrared detector to measure gas concentrations in the detector, wherein an absorption gas wavelength signal is compared to a reference gas wavelength signal, through circuits and a computer processor, together having automatic compensation for absorption variables and which permit the measurement of gas absorption by use of Beer's Law equations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Sensor Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Patrick George Smith