Sensing apparatus

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2008-07-08

2008-07-08

Tsai, Carol S (Department: 2857)

Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing

Measurement system in a specific environment

Chemical analysis

C073S024060, C073S031050, C702S089000, C702S177000, C702S025000, C331S065000, C331S158000, C331S175000, C331S1160FE

Reexamination Certificate

active

11659764

ABSTRACT:
An object of the present invention is to provide a sensing instrument capable to detect a substance existing in a very small quantity, such as environmental pollutants, instantly with a high degree of precision. As a specific means for solving the problem, a frequency signal from a crystal oscillator is sampled using a frequency signal from a reference clock generating part, the sampling value is outputted in a digital signal, quadrature detection is conducted with the digital signal for a frequency signal corresponding to the output signal, the rotational vector rotating at a frequency corresponding to the difference between the frequency of the frequency signal and the frequency of a sinusoidal wave used for the quadrature detection is taken out, and the variation of the frequency is detected by detecting the velocity of the rotational vector based on the respective sampling values. In addition to that, the measurement range of the variation of frequency can be widened by multiplying the above-described rotational vector by the reversely rotational vector corresponding to the velocity of the rotational vector.

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