SENSING AND SENSORS
First Claim
1. A sensor system comprising a substrate and, integrated onto the substrate, a sensor element, the sensor element comprising one or more inductors, one or more electrochemical sensors, and one or more optical sensors, the sensor system further comprising a controller configured in use to drive the one or more inductors and to monitor outputs of the sensors in order to provide a sensor element result.
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Abstract
A sensor system comprising a substrate and integrated onto the substrate an array (7) of sensor elements (1), each sensor element comprising one or more inductors (3), one or more electrochemical sensors (4), and one or more optical sensors (2). The system further comprising a controller configured in use to separately address each of the sensor elements (1) to drive the respective inductors and receive outputs of the respective sensors.
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26 Claims
- 1. A sensor system comprising a substrate and, integrated onto the substrate, a sensor element, the sensor element comprising one or more inductors, one or more electrochemical sensors, and one or more optical sensors, the sensor system further comprising a controller configured in use to drive the one or more inductors and to monitor outputs of the sensors in order to provide a sensor element result.
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8. A method of observing biological or chemical activity comprising providing a sample to be observed on or adjacent to a sensor system having a sensor system comprising a substrate and, integrated onto the substrate, a sensor element, the sensor element comprising one or more inductors, one or more electrochemical sensors, and one or more optical sensors, the sensor system further comprising a controller configured in use to drive the one or more inductors and to monitor outputs of the sensors in order to provide a sensor element result;
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influencing, for each sensor element, the sample using the one or more inductors and observing the electrochemical sensor output with the optical sensor output to determine one or more properties of the sample. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A sensor system comprising a substrate and integrated onto the substrate an array of sensor elements, each sensor element comprising:
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one or more inductors; one or more electrochemical sensors; and one or more optical sensors, the system further comprising a controller configured in use to separately address each of the sensor elements to drive the respective inductors and receive outputs of the respective sensors. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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