Method of reducing false-positive particle counts of an interference particle sensor module

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A method reduces false-positive particle counts detected by an interference particle sensor module, which has a laser and a light detector. The method including: emitting laser light; providing a high-frequency signal during the emission of the laser light, a modulation frequency of the high-frequency signal being between 10-500 MHz; detecting an optical response by the light detector in reaction to the emitted laser light while providing the high-frequency signal, which is arranged such that a detection signal caused by a macroscopic object positioned between a first and second distance is reduced in comparison to a detection signal caused by the macroscopic object at the same position without providing the high-frequency signal. The high-frequency signal is provided to a tuning structure of the particle sensor module which is arranged to modify a resonance frequency of an optical resonator comprised by the laser sensor module upon reception of the high-frequency signal.

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ROBERT BOSCH GMBHWERNERSTRABE 1 PATENTABTEILUNG HERR STEIGER STUTTGART 70469
TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBHLISE-MEITNER-STRASSE 13 ULM 89081

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Falk, Matthias Reutlingen, DE 7 12
Gerlach, Philipp Henning Ulm, DE 17 77
Spruit, Hans Ulm, DE 15 17
Van, der Lee Alexander Ulm, DE 8 30
Weiss, Robert Reutlingen, DE 78 485
Wolf, Robert Reutlingen, DE 79 669

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