Sensor for gases or ions
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1. A sensor for detecting gases and ions comprising:
- carrier means with at least one flat surface;
light source means with a light emitting surface for generating light and attached to the carrier means so that the light emitting surface of the source is in the same plane as the flat surface of the carrier;
light detector means with a flat detecting surface for detecting and quantifying light falling thereon, attached to the carrier means on the side of the carrier means opposite that to which the source means is attached, the detector being mounted so that its flat detecting surface is in the same plane as the flat surface of the carrier;
light wave guide means with at least one flat side mounted on the flat surface of the carrier, covering the light means, the detector means, and the flat surface with the waveguide'"'"'s flat side, conveying light of various intensities from said source means to said detector means; and
thin sensor layer means attached to the waveguide means on the side of the waveguide opposite to the side attached to the carrier for analyzing the gases and ions by changing its absorptivity, and thereby altering light flow through the light waveguide means.
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Abstract
A sensor for gases or ions with a light source, a detector and a sensor layer all of which are attached to a carrier. A thin sensor film, the absorptivity of which changes through the action of the measurement medium, is arranged on a light waveguide, the one flat side of which covers a flat end face of the light source, the end face of the carrier and a plane receiving surface of the detector. Thus, a sensitive sensor, especially for gases, is obtained in which the sensor layer, the light source and the detector form an integrated structural unit.
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1. A sensor for detecting gases and ions comprising:
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carrier means with at least one flat surface; light source means with a light emitting surface for generating light and attached to the carrier means so that the light emitting surface of the source is in the same plane as the flat surface of the carrier; light detector means with a flat detecting surface for detecting and quantifying light falling thereon, attached to the carrier means on the side of the carrier means opposite that to which the source means is attached, the detector being mounted so that its flat detecting surface is in the same plane as the flat surface of the carrier; light wave guide means with at least one flat side mounted on the flat surface of the carrier, covering the light means, the detector means, and the flat surface with the waveguide'"'"'s flat side, conveying light of various intensities from said source means to said detector means; and thin sensor layer means attached to the waveguide means on the side of the waveguide opposite to the side attached to the carrier for analyzing the gases and ions by changing its absorptivity, and thereby altering light flow through the light waveguide means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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