EP1963842A1 - Vorrichtung zur bestimmung und/oder überwachung mindestens einer prozessgrösse - Google Patents
Vorrichtung zur bestimmung und/oder überwachung mindestens einer prozessgrösseInfo
- Publication number
- EP1963842A1 EP1963842A1 EP06841337A EP06841337A EP1963842A1 EP 1963842 A1 EP1963842 A1 EP 1963842A1 EP 06841337 A EP06841337 A EP 06841337A EP 06841337 A EP06841337 A EP 06841337A EP 1963842 A1 EP1963842 A1 EP 1963842A1
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- sensor unit
- medium
- supply channel
- channel
- circuit board
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N27/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means
- G01N27/02—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating impedance
- G01N27/22—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating impedance by investigating capacitance
- G01N27/223—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating impedance by investigating capacitance for determining moisture content, e.g. humidity
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N33/00—Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/00 - G01N31/00
- G01N33/0004—Gaseous mixtures, e.g. polluted air
- G01N33/0009—General constructional details of gas analysers, e.g. portable test equipment
Definitions
- the invention relates to a device for determining and / or
- the medium is, for example, a liquid, a gas or a vapor.
- the process variable is, for example, the humidity, the temperature, the density or the flow of the medium.
- the object of the invention is thus to propose a measuring device in which the condensation of medium moisture in the interior is significantly reduced, in particular to prevent an effect of condensate on the measurement.
- the object is achieved by the invention in that at least one supply channel is provided, and that the supply channel configured, positioned and at least matched to the sensor unit such that the medium passes through the supply channel substantially only to the sensor unit.
- the medium passes through an opening in the meter to the sensor unit.
- the invention consists in that the medium passes through the supply channel essentially only to the sensor unit and not into the remaining interior of the measuring device. This prevents the medium and thus also its moisture from penetrating into the remaining interior of the measuring device and being able to precipitate there.
- the sensor unit has at least one at least partially active surface which is active for the measurement of the process variable and / or at least one measured variable dependent on the process variable, and in that the feed channel essentially only supplies the medium to the active surface ,
- On the sensor unit usually at least one structure is applied on one side, which serves for the actual measurement.
- a temperature sensor this is, for example, an electrical resistance whose resistance value is temperature-dependent. The temperature as the process variable to be determined or monitored is thus measured via the temperature-dependent measured variable electrical resistance.
- the measurement of the flow of a medium or its density is possible.
- a capacitor is applied to the active sensor side, the capacitance of which, depending on the dielectric, is a measure of the humidity.
- the capacity is the measured variable for the determination of the process variable humidity.
- at least one seal is provided which is mounted on the side which faces away from the active side and which closes the supply channel above the sensor element.
- a recess is provided in the circuit board. The sensor element is arranged in one embodiment above the recess and the supply channel extends through the recess to the sensor element. In a further embodiment, the sensor element is located in the recess.
- the sensor element is mounted in another embodiment on the surface of the circuit board and the supply channel opens on the sensor element and thus above the circuit board.
- An embodiment of the invention includes that the sensor unit is at least partially connected to at least one circuit board.
- a circuit board is often used to accommodate a sensor unit. On the circuit board are the electrical contacts and other components for the operation of the meter or the sensor unit.
- An embodiment of the invention provides that the sensor unit as an SMD B auteil or in the flip-chip technology is at least partially connected to the circuit board.
- the sensor element can be applied as an SMD component on the circuit board or the sensor element is contacted via bands.
- An embodiment of the invention includes that the supply channel is designed such that the supply channel at least partially prevents the medium from getting to the circuit board.
- the design of the feed channel thus prevents, in particular, the moisture from getting onto or onto the printed circuit board. Since the circuit board is the carrier of the sensor element and thus thus the printed circuit board is adjacent to the sensor element closest, it must be prevented in particular that moisture condenses there.
- An embodiment of the invention provides that the supply channel opens at one end at or slightly away from the sensor unit. In one embodiment, the end opens at or slightly away from the active side of the sensor unit.
- An embodiment of the invention includes that at least one discharge channel is provided, and that the discharge channel is configured, positioned and adapted at least on the supply channel and / or on the sensor unit, that the discharge channel, the medium substantially against a feed direction of the supply channel dissipates.
- the supply channel and the discharge channel are opposite each other. Thus, the medium enters the meter through the supply channel, becomes the sensor element passed and then exits the discharge channel from the meter.
- An embodiment of the invention provides that the supply channel and the discharge channel are designed and matched to one another such that the supply channel and the discharge channel prevent the medium from entering the region of the printed circuit board.
- the penetration of the medium into the interior of the measuring housing must also after passing through the sensor element, i. be prevented even after the measurement.
- For the discharge channel is designed accordingly. Furthermore, however, the transition region between the supply channel and discharge channel is to be chosen appropriately.
- An embodiment of the invention includes that at least one housing is provided in which at least partially the sensor unit and the supply channel are located.
- the housing encloses the sensor unit, serves to protect it against mechanical influences and also represents the visible measuring device to the outside.
- the sensor unit is arranged substantially in the middle of the housing. Thus, for example, mechanical loads on the medium or measuring environment or the process through the housing are kept as far as possible from the sensor unit.
- An embodiment of the invention provides that the supply channel is designed such that it prevents the medium except in the sensor unit passes into an interior of the housing.
- the medium should only reach the sensor unit through the supply channel and, in particular, it should be prevented that the sensor unit reaches the outside of the region of the sensor unit in the remaining interior of the housing.
- the feed channel is made of such a material that the absorption of moisture or in particular the release of moisture is prevented. This also applies accordingly to the discharge channel.
- An embodiment of the invention includes that the supply channel is designed in one piece with the housing or with the circuit board.
- the supply channel is thus produced in one embodiment with the housing as a component, for example injection molded.
- An embodiment of the invention provides that the sensor unit measures the humidity and / or the temperature and / or the flow of the medium.
- the measuring device thus serves, for example, for measuring the moisture, the temperature, the density or the mass flow rate of the medium.
- An embodiment of the invention includes that the sensor unit at least partially made with a thin-film technique or with a thick-film technique.
- FIG. 1 shows a lateral section through a device according to the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a horizontal section through an apparatus according to the invention according to FIG. 1;
- FIG 3 shows a lateral section through a further embodiment of the device according to the invention.
- a lateral section through the device according to the invention is shown.
- the device is in particular a measuring device for measuring and / or monitoring such process variables as the moisture, the temperature or the flow of a medium.
- the medium is at least partially a liquid, a vapor, a gas or any flowable medium.
- the process variable may also be other chemical or biological process variables of the medium.
- the sensor unit 1 which is in particular a sensor element produced by a thin-film technique or a thick film technique. Examples are a temperature-dependent resistance element or a capacitor element whose dielectric reacts to the moisture of the medium. If the sensor unit 1 serves - as in the example shown here - to measure the moisture of the medium (not shown here), then preferably a moisture-sensitive layer is located on the active side 2 of the sensor unit 1. In this case, the sensor unit 1 changes depending on the humidity at least one electrical parameter such as the capacity.
- a critical area in this regard is in particular the circuit board 4, via which on the one hand the electrical contacting of the sensor unit 1 and on the other hand also their fixation is made.
- Many materials that can be printed circuit boards absorb moisture and release it. Therefore, the circuit board 4 is a source of danger for the accuracy of the measured values.
- the printed circuit board 4 is generally equipped with components (not shown here) which in most cases generate heat themselves. Therefore, a heat transfer from the components to the medium should also be possible be prevented.
- the sensor unit 1 is usually surrounded by a protective housing 6, which has larger openings for the penetration of the medium in the prior art. Since the medium penetrates in the prior art in the interior 6.1 of the housing 6, the medium or in particular its moisture can also be absorbed by the circuit board 4. So that there is no falsification of the measurement, it is known in the prior art (WO 00/28311) to provide the region of the printed circuit board 4, with which the sensor unit 1 has direct contact, with a moisture-inhibiting coating. Moreover, it is well known in the art to position the sensor unit 1 or a corresponding moisture-sensitive component over a recess in the circuit board 4. This prior art method reduces the effect of the condensate on the sensor unit 1, but does not generally prevent condensate from forming and the medium being affected by heat transfer from the electronic components.
- the invention for solving this problem is that the medium passes only via a supply channel 3 to the sensor unit 1.
- the medium reaches the active side 2 of the sensor unit 3.
- the medium does not enter the entire housing, but it is specifically directed to the sensor unit 1.
- the sensor unit 1 is located in the center of the housing 6 in particular.
- the supply channel 3 is designed such that it also assumes a sealing function with respect to the interior 6.1 of the housing 6.
- the materials are selected for their moisture delivery (absorption, adsorption or desorption).
- an additional discharge channel 5 is provided, via which the medium leaves after leaving the supply channel 3 and the passing of the sensor unit 1, the housing again.
- the task, whether supply or discharge of the medium is arbitrarily interchangeable.
- the supply channel 3 opens directly on - insofar as there is no sensitive zone of the active region 2 of the sensor unit 1 - or in the smallest possible Distance in front of the sensor unit 1, so that a lateral escape of the medium is minimized.
- the discharge channel 5 is slightly slipped over the supply channel 3 and seals so on. The medium therefore enters the housing 3 through the supply channel 3 essentially perpendicular to the housing 6 and leaves the housing again in a straight path through the discharge channel 5. However, a free spreading of the medium in the interior 6.1 is prevented by the two channels 3, 5.
- FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the area shown in FIG.
- the feed channel 3 and the discharge channel 5 here run through a recess in the printed circuit board 4.
- the feed channel 3 opens on the sensor unit 1. Its cross-sectional area is chosen so that the medium can flow past the sensor unit 1 laterally. Dodge of the medium in the housing 6 is prevented by the discharge channel 5, which comprises the sensor unit 1 facing the end 3.1 of the feed channel 3.
- the sensor unit 1 rests here on the circuit board 4 and is contacted with this.
- Fig. 3 is a side section through a further embodiment of the device according to the invention is shown.
- the housing 6 is here made in two parts, in a lower and an upper half. Furthermore, these two halves each have walls which are already known in the prior art and which serve to separate the section with the sensor unit 1 from the remaining - not shown here - electronics area. These walls provide additional protection, but can also be omitted due to the targeted supply by the inventive design.
- only one supply channel 3 is provided with a seal 7 on the opposite side.
- the medium is not discharged via the additional discharge channel, but this is done via the supply channel 3 itself or the medium remains in the feed channel 3.
- the illustrated seal 7 is located above the circuit board 4 and in particular above the sensor element 1.
- the seal 7 acts quasi as a cover for the supply channel 3.
- the cross-sectional area of the seal 7 is selected so that the medium can pass laterally to the sensor unit 1, but does not dodge into the housing 6. Again, the seal 7 is slightly above the feed channel 3 and thus seals it off.
- the supply channel 3 (the same applies to the discharge channel) is a part of the housing or it is part of the circuit board or it is an additional plug, which between housing 6 and Printed circuit board 4 is introduced.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE102005062005A DE102005062005A1 (de) | 2005-12-22 | 2005-12-22 | Vorrichtung zur Bestimmung und/oder Überwachung mindestens einer Prozessgröße |
PCT/EP2006/069599 WO2007074053A1 (de) | 2005-12-22 | 2006-12-12 | Vorrichtung zur bestimmung und/oder überwachung mindestens einer prozessgrösse |
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EP1963842A1 true EP1963842A1 (de) | 2008-09-03 |
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US (1) | US20100089150A1 (de) |
EP (1) | EP1963842A1 (de) |
DE (1) | DE102005062005A1 (de) |
WO (1) | WO2007074053A1 (de) |
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- 2006-12-12 WO PCT/EP2006/069599 patent/WO2007074053A1/de active Application Filing
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