Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a device comprising: a communication apparatus for sending and/or receiving data via a data transmission bus and a device-side connection apparatus connecting the device to the bus. The connection apparatus includes electrical contacts to be connected in pairs to bus-side electrical contacts of a connection apparatus on the bus. The contacts comprise a data contact for a data signal, a supply contact to transmit a first supply potential, a second supply contact to transmit a second potential different from the first, and a third contact. A voltmeter measures a potential present at the third contact with respect to the first supply potential and/or the second supply potential. The communication apparatus assigns an address to the device for sending and/or receiving the data via the bus, selected from multiple different predefined addresses on the basis of the potential measured at the third contact.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sensors and the teachings may be applied to a method and a corresponding apparatus for determining a concentration of a constituent of a fluid mixture in a fluid chamber. A method may include sending and receiving a first sound signal; sending and receiving a second sound signal; measuring the propagation time of the sound signals; calculating a value based on the propagation times representative of the concentration; sending and receiving a third sound signal with a second sound conversion unit; measuring a third propagation time; and calculating a second characteristic value based on the first propagation time and the third propagation time, representative of a mass flow of the fluid mixture.

Abstract: In a method for measuring the fill level of a fluid in a housing using an ultrasound sensor, detected multiple echoes in relation to a signal are reflected from a reference point and level echoes in relation to the signal reflected from the fluid level are evaluated in relation to their fluctuation width. The level echoes can be identified in this manner and the fill level determined from the transit times of the signals to the reference point and to the fluid level.

Abstract: A sensor element for detecting a parameter of a gas mixture in a gas chamber, having a first electrode and a first diffusion barrier layer arranged to be coupled to said first electrode in a predetermined first region, and arranged such that the gas mixture of the gas chamber only impinges on the first electrode in the first region via the first diffusion barrier layer. In addition, the sensor element has a second electrode arranged such that the gas mixture of the gas chamber impinges on the second electrode in a further first region. The sensor element includes a solid electrolyte designed to be coupled to the first and the second electrodes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sensors and the teachings may be applied to a method and a corresponding apparatus for determining a concentration of a constituent of a fluid mixture in a fluid chamber. A method may include sending and receiving a first sound signal; sending and receiving a second sound signal; measuring the propagation time of the sound signals; calculating a value based on the propagation times representative of the concentration; sending and receiving a third sound signal with a second sound conversion unit; measuring a third propagation time; and calculating a second characteristic value based on the first propagation time and the third propagation time, representative of a mass flow of the fluid mixture.

Abstract: A sensor for detecting a gas may include a transport layer for transporting ions, a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from one another by the transport layer, a heating device controlled by a voltage source, and a second voltage source applying a voltage difference across the electrodes. The transport layer may be conductive for the ions starting from a specific temperature. As a result of applying the voltage difference, ions stream from the first electrode through the transport layer to the second electrode if the first and second electrodes are in contact with the gas. The voltage source may provide a voltage potential of zero volts averaged over time or provide the voltage potential of the first electrode at the heating device.

Abstract: In a method for measuring the fill level of a fluid in a housing using an ultrasound sensor, detected multiple echoes in relation to a signal are reflected from a reference point and level echoes in relation to the signal reflected from the fluid level are evaluated in relation to their fluctuation width. The level echoes can be identified in this manner and the fill level determined from the transit times of the signals to the reference point and to the fluid level.

Abstract: A method and arrangement for determining a concentration of a constituent of a fluid mixture in a fluid chamber includes: emitting an ultrasonic pulse into the fluid mixture, receiving a reflection of the ultrasonic pulse as a measurement signal after the ultrasonic pulse has been reflected at at least two impedance jumps, determining the concentration of the constituent of the fluid mixture on the basis of the measurement signal.

Abstract: A method for performing on-board functional diagnostics on a soot sensor of a vehicle and/or for detecting further components in the soot in a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine. The soot sensor is electrically connected to an evaluation circuit with is permanently installed in the motor vehicle. In order to specify a method for performing functional diagnostics on a soot sensor and/or for detecting further components in the soot, with which method it is possible to detect a faulty soot sensor and/or further components in the soot in a cost-effective way, the evaluation circuit measures the temperature coefficient of the soot sensor and detects the defectiveness of the soot sensor and/or the presence of further components in the soot on the basis of the temperature coefficient of the soot sensor.

Abstract: A sensor element for detecting a parameter of a gas mixture in a gas chamber, having a first electrode and a first diffusion barrier layer arranged to be coupled to said first electrode in a predetermined first region, and arranged such that the gas mixture of the gas chamber only impinges on the first electrode in the first region via the first diffusion barrier layer. In addition, the sensor element has a second electrode arranged such that the gas mixture of the gas chamber impinges on the second electrode in a further first region. The sensor element includes a solid electrolyte designed to be coupled to the first and the second electrodes.

Abstract: A method for performing on-board functional diagnostics on a soot sensor of a vehicle and/or for detecting further components in the soot in a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine. The soot sensor is electrically connected to an evaluation circuit with is permanently installed in the motor vehicle. In order to specify a method for performing functional diagnostics on a soot sensor and/or for detecting further components in the soot, with which method it is possible to detect a faulty soot sensor and/or further components in the soot in a cost-effective way, the evaluation circuit measures the temperature coefficient of the soot sensor and detects the defectiveness of the soot sensor and/or the presence of further components in the soot on the basis of the temperature coefficient of the soot sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for operating a sensor cell (1) that is used for analyzing exhaust gas. The aim of the invention is to create a method and a corresponding device which supply reliable test results in each mode of operation of a sensor, also when using advantageous pulse width-controlled regulation of the heating element (6). Said aim is achieved by correcting the potential of the reference electrode (Ref) of the sensor substantially in synchrony with the mean of the supply voltage (Vpwm) of the electrical heating element (6).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for measuring gas concentration in a measuring gas by means of a measuring sensor comprising an outer electrode (6) which is connected to a solid body electrolyte (2) and is exposed to the measuring gas, also comprising an electrode (9) which is connected to the solid electrolyte (2), between which oxygen can be pumped by means of a pump flow (Ip2) flowing through the solid electrolyte. The pump flow (Ip2) is driven between an electrode (9) and the outer electrode (16). A pulse sequence consisting of a plurality of individual pulses (15, 16, 17), having a pulse width (W), is used periodically as a pump flow. The pulse width (W) is adjusted in order to adjust the level of the pump flow (Ip2).