Claims
- 1. A planar sensor for monitoring an NOx catalyst, comprising:a planar ceramic carrier; a heater layer; a cover layer for the heater layer; a bottom electrode layer having a first supply lead; a storage material layer containing a NOx storage material; a cover electrode layer having a second supply lead; and a supply lead coupled to the first supply lead and the second supply lead; wherein: the heater layer; the bottom electrode layer, the storage material layer and the cover electrode layer are applied in vertically arranged layers to the planar ceramic carrier; and changes in at least one of an electrical and an electromagnetic characteristic of the storage material layer correspond to the amount of NOx in the storage material layer.
- 2. The planner sensor of claim 1, wherein:the heater layer is arranged on the planar ceramic carrier; the cover layer is arranged between the heater layer and the bottom electrode; and the storage material layer is arranged between the cover layer and the electrode layer.
- 3. The planner sensor of claim 1, wherein the planar ceramic carrier is made of aluminum oxide.
- 4. The planar sensor of claim 1, wherein each of the electrode layers is made from a platinum group metal.
- 5. The planner sensor of claim 1, wherein the cover electrode layer is made of porous grains that are conductively bonded to each other so that an exhaust gas may access the storage material layer.
- 6. The planner of claim 1, further comprising a porous cover layer arranged on the cover electrode layer.
- 7. The planner sensor of claim 6, wherein the porous cover layer functions as at least one of a mechanically protective layer and a catalytic layer.
- 8. The planner sensor of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the electrical and electromagnetic characteristics includes a permeability of the storage material layer.
- 9. The planner sensor of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the electrical and electromagnetic characteristics include a permeability of the storage material layer.
- 10. The planner sensor of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the electrical and electromagnetic characteristics includes a resistance per unit length of the storage material layer.
- 11. A planner sensor for monitoring an NOx catalyst, comprising:a planar ceramic carrier; a heater layer; a cover layer for the heater layer; a bottom electrode layer having a first supply lead; a storage material layer containing a NOx storage material; and a cover electrode layer having a second supply lead; a supply lead coupled to the first supply lead and the second supply lead; wherein: the heater layer; the bottom electrode layer, the storage material layer and the cover electrode layer are applied in vertical arranged layers to the planar ceramic carrier; changes in at least one of an electrical and an electromagnetic characteristic of the storage material layer correspond to the amount of NOx in the storage material layer; the heater layer is arranged on the planar ceramic carrier; the cover layer is arranged between the heater layer and the bottom electrode; the storage material layer is arranged between the cover layer and the cover electrode layer; and the cover electrode layer is made of porous grains that are conductively bonded to each other so that an exhaust gas may access the storage material layer.
- 12. The planar sensor of claim 11, further comprising a porous cover layer arranged on the cover electrode layer.
- 13. The planar sensor of claim 11, wherein the planar ceramic carrier is made of aluminum oxide.
- 14. The planar sensor of claim 11, wherein each of the electrode layers is made from a platinum group metal.
- 15. The planar sensor of claim 11, further comprising a porous cover layer arranged on the cover electrode layer.
- 16. The planar sensor of claim 15, wherein the porous cover layer functions as at least one of a mechanically protective layer and a catalytic layer.
- 17. The planar sensor of claim 11, wherein the at least one of the electrical and electromagnetic characteristics includes a dielectric constant of the storage material layer.
- 18. The planar sensor of claim 11, wherein the at least one of the electrical and electromagnetic characteristics includes a permeability of the storage material layer.
- 19. The planar sensor of claim 11, wherein the at least one of the electrical and electromagnetic characteristics includes a resistance per unit length of the storage material layer.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of prior application Ser. No. 09/254,603, filed Jun. 9, 1999, which is the U.S. national phase of PCT/DE97/01714, filed Aug. 12, 1997.
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