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Technique of compensating for capacitive effects in conductivity measurements
Assignee: Rosemount Inc
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Filing: 1986-09-03
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Granted: 1989-02-28
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Expires: 2006-09-03
Abstract
Abstract Improved accuracy in solution conductivity or resistivity measurment uses a center-sampling technique in which an AC drive is applied to a conductivity cell and the conductivity cell voltage is sampled during a predetermined time interval in the center of a half cycle drive waveform. The effects of cell capacitance, and particularly the electrode-solution capacitive, are compensated by periodically sampling during a second time interval which is different from the first interval. Based upon the difference between the sampled voltages in the first and second intervals, a correction to the measured conductivity or resistivity is made to compensate for capacitance induced errors.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald F. Kaiser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N27/00; G01N27/02; G01N27/04; G01N27/06; G01N33/00; G01N33/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A circuit for providing an output representative of a conductivity sensed by a cell which produces a cell signal which is affected by a capacitance, comprising: excitation means coupled to the cell for providing time-varying excitation to the cell; sampling means coupled to the cell for sampling the cell signal during first and second different time intervals wherein the sampling performed during the first and second different time intervals is of time duration less than a half cycle of the time-varying excitation; and measurement means coupled to the sampling means for measuring the cell signal as sampled during the first and second time intervals and providing the output substantially corrected for the effect of the capacitance.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
A circuit for providing an output representative of a conductivity sensed by a cell which produces a cell signal which is affected by a capacitance, comprising: excitation means coupled to the cell for providing time-varying excitation to the cell; sampling means coupled to the cell for sampling the cell signal during first and second different time intervals wherein the sampling performed during the first and second different time intervals is of time duration less than a half cycle of the time-varying excitation; and measurement means coupled to the sampling means for measuring the cell signal as sampled during the first and second time intervals and providing the output substantially corrected for the effect of the capacitance.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The circuit of claim 1 wherein the measurement means measures a magnitude of the cell signal sampled during the first time interval and a magnitude of the cell signal sampled during the second time interval.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The circuit of claim 2 wherein the measurement means computes the correction as a function of the magnitudes of the cell signal sampled during the first and second time intervals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The circuit of claim 3 wherein the sampling means comprises at least one switch controlled to conduct during the first time interval.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The circuit of claim 1 wherein the excitation is substantially a square wave waveform.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The circuit of claim 5 wherein the first time interval is a center-sampling interval within a half cycle of the square wave waveform.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The circuit of claim 5 wherein the second time interval is an end-sampling interval within a half cycle of the square wave waveform.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The circuit of claim 7 wherein the measurement means comprises an integrating ramp analog-to-digital converter.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
The circuit of claim 8 further comprising: temperature sensing means coupled to the cell for sensing a temperature of the cell and providing a signal representative of temperature to the measurement means; and wherein the measurement means corrects the output for an effect of temperature.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
113 words
A method of measuring conductivity of a fluid with a conductivity cell, the method comprising: applying an AC drive signal to the cell; sampling an output of the cell during a first time interval of duration less than a half cycle of the AC drive signal to produce a first cell signal; sampling the output of the cell during a second, different, time interval of duration less than a half cycle of the AC drive signal to produce a second cell signal; deriving a correction for capacitance induced error based upon the first and second signals; and producing an output representative of measured conductivity based upon the first cell signal and the correction.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
113 words
A method of measuring conductivity of a fluid with a conductivity cell, the method comprising: applying an AC drive signal to the cell; sampling an output of the cell during a first time interval of duration less than a half cycle of the AC drive signal to produce a first cell signal; sampling the output of the cell during a second, different, time interval of duration less than a half cycle of the AC drive signal to produce a second cell signal; deriving a correction for capacitance induced error based upon the first and second signals; and producing an output representative of measured conductivity based upon the first cell signal and the correction.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the first time interval occurs in a center portion of a half cycle of the AC drive signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the second time interval occurs in a portion of the half cycle different at least in part from the center portion.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the AC drive signal has a square wave waveform.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
99 words
A method of measuring conductivity of a fluid with a conductivity cell, the method comprising: applying a time-varying drive signal to the cell; sampling an output of the cell during first and second time intervals in which the output differs due to electrode-solution interface capacitance, wherein each of the first and second time intervals is of a time duration less than a half cycle of the time-varying drive signal; producing an output representative of measured conductivity based upon the sampled output of the cell and corrected for effects of the electrode-solution interface capacitance in the output of the cell.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
99 words
A method of measuring conductivity of a fluid with a conductivity cell, the method comprising: applying a time-varying drive signal to the cell; sampling an output of the cell during first and second time intervals in which the output differs due to electrode-solution interface capacitance, wherein each of the first and second time intervals is of a time duration less than a half cycle of the time-varying drive signal; producing an output representative of measured conductivity based upon the sampled output of the cell and corrected for effects of the electrode-solution interface capacitance in the output of the cell.
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