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Apparatus and method for measuring selected physical condition of an animate subject

  • US 6,501,973 B1
  • Filed: 06/30/2000
  • Issued: 12/31/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for measuring at least one selected physical condition of an animate subject, the apparatus comprising:

  • a light source;

    a light receiver, said light receiver capable of receiving resultant light from said light source via said subject; and

    an information processor connected with at least said light receiver;

    said information processor receiving an indication of said resultant light from said light receiver and evaluating said indication to effect said measuring, said information processor being implemented in a unitary structure with at least one of said light source and said light detector;

    said unitary structure comprising a monocrystalline silicon substrate;

    a monocrystalline perovskite oxide material overlying at least a portion of the monocrystalline silicon substrate;

    an amorphous oxide material located between the monocrystalline perovskite oxide material and the monocrystalline silicon substrate; and

    a monocrystalline compound semiconductor material overlying at least a portion of the monocrystalline perovskite oxide material, wherein at least a portion of said information processor is formed within the monocrystalline silicon substrate and at least a portion of said light source is formed within the compound semiconductor material.

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