Aerosol-generating device with means for identifying a type of an aerosol-generating article being used with the device

Abstract

An aerosol-generating device for use with an aerosol-generating article, wherein the device comprises a susceptor arrangement comprising a receptacle configured to removably receive at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article and an inductive heating arrangement configured to generate an alternating magnetic field for inductively heating the susceptor arrangement of the aerosol-generating article when the aerosol-generating article is received by the receptacle. In addition, the aerosol-generating device comprises a controller operatively connected to the inductive heating arrangement and configured to determine a first value and a second value of an electrical property of the susceptor arrangement being reached during heating of the susceptor arrangement in use of the device when the aerosol-generating article is received by the receptacle. The controller is further configured to determine the difference between the first and the second value, and to identify a type of the article received by the receptacle based on the determined difference.