Measuring and testing – Gas analysis – Moisture content or vapor pressure
Patent
1999-03-18
2000-07-11
Williams, Hezron
Measuring and testing
Gas analysis
Moisture content or vapor pressure
73 232, 73 5301, 73 3105, 73 6145, 73 6175, 422 83, 340634, G01N 3100, G01N 2712, G01N 122, G08B 1710, B01L 300
Patent
active
060855762
ABSTRACT:
A vapor sensing device that is sufficiently small and lightweight to be handheld, and also modular so as to allow the device to be conveniently adapted for use in sensing the presence and concentration of a wide variety of specified vapors. The device provides these benefits using a sensor module that incorporates a sample chamber and a plurality of sensors, located on a chip releasably carried within or adjacent to the sample chamber. Optionally, the sensor module can be configured to be releasably plugged into a receptacle formed in the device. Vapors are directed to pass through the sample chamber, whereupon the sensors provide a distinct combination of electrical signals in response to each. The sensors of the sensor module can take the form of chemically sensitive resistors having resistances that vary according to the identity and concentration of an adjacent vapor. These chemically sensitive resistors can each be connected in series with a reference resistor, between a reference voltage and ground, such that an analog signal is established for each chemically sensitive resistor. The resulting analog signals are supplied to an analog-to-digital converter, to produce corresponding digital signals. These digital signals are appropriately analyzed for vapor identification.
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Boehr Christopher K.
Nakayama Robert K.
Steinthal M. Gregory
Sunshine Steven A.
Cyrano Sciences Inc.
Wiggins J. David
Williams Hezron
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