Integrated optoelectronic system for measuring fluorescence or luminescence emission decay
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a light source being a light emitting diode, a semiconductor laser or a flash tube;
an integrated circuit operable to cause the light source to emit light pulses;
a first lens directing the light pulses from the light source towards a sample, which causes a fluorescence or luminescence emission from the sample, the first lens being positioned between the light source and the sample such that the first lens is adjacent to the sample;
a detector detecting the emission;
a second lens directing the emission from the sample towards the detector, the second lens being positioned between the sample and the detector such that the second lens is adjacent to the sample;
a detection analysis system determining information about the sample by analyzing decay of the detected emission; and
an enclosure enclosing the light source, the integrated circuit, the first lens, the detector, the second lens, and the detection analysis system.
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Abstract
An optoelectronic system for measuring fluorescence or luminescence emission decay, including (a) a light source being a light emitting diode, a semiconductor laser or a flash tube; (b) a first integrated circuit comprising at least one circuit causing the light source to emit light pulses towards a sample which causes a fluorescence or luminescence emission from the sample; (c) a photodiode detecting the emission; (d) a second integrated circuit comprising a detection analysis system determining information about the sample by analyzing decay of the detected emission; and (e) an enclosure enclosing the light source, the first integrated circuit, the second integrated circuit and the photodiode.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a light source being a light emitting diode, a semiconductor laser or a flash tube; an integrated circuit operable to cause the light source to emit light pulses; a first lens directing the light pulses from the light source towards a sample, which causes a fluorescence or luminescence emission from the sample, the first lens being positioned between the light source and the sample such that the first lens is adjacent to the sample; a detector detecting the emission; a second lens directing the emission from the sample towards the detector, the second lens being positioned between the sample and the detector such that the second lens is adjacent to the sample; a detection analysis system determining information about the sample by analyzing decay of the detected emission; and an enclosure enclosing the light source, the integrated circuit, the first lens, the detector, the second lens, and the detection analysis system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a light source being a light emitting diode, a semiconductor laser or a flash tube; an integrated circuit operable to cause the light source to emit light pluses; a first lens directing the light pulses from the light source towards a sample, which causes a fluorescence or luminescence emission from the sample, the first lens being positioned between the light source and the sample such that the first lens is adjacent to the light source and the sample; a photodiode detecting the emission; a second lens directing the emission from the sample towards the photodiode, the second lens being positioned between the sample and the photodiode such that the second lens is adjacent to the sample and the photodiode; a detection analysis system determining information about the sample by analyzing decay of the detected emission; and an enclosure enclosing the light source;
the integrated circuit, the first lens, the photodiode, the second lens, and the detection analysis system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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a light source being a light emitting diode, a semiconductor laser or a flash tube; a first integrated circuit operable to cause the light source to emit light pulses; a first lens directing the light pulses from the light source towards a sample, which causes a fluorescence or luminescence emission from the sample, the first lens being positioned between the light source and the sample such that the first lens is adjacent to the light source and the sample; a photodiode detecting the emission; a second lens directing the emission from the sample towards the photodiode, the second lens being positioned between the sample and the photodiode such that the second lens is adjacent to the sample and the photodiode; a second integrated circuit comprising a detection analysis system determining information about the sample by analyzing decay of the detected emission; and an enclosure enclosing the light source, the first integrated circuit, the first lens, the photodiode, the second lens, and the second integrated circuit.
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