Abstract:
A blackbody radiation device (110) includes a planar filament emission element (102) and a planar detector (104) for respectively producing and detecting radiation having width d1/1 less than about 0.1 to test a sample gas, where 1 is the wavelength of the radiation; a reflector (108); a window (W); an electrical control (118); and a data output element (116).
Abstract:
A radiation source assembly and transducer incorporating same are suitable for use in measuring spectral absorption properties of a substance to be analyzed, such as a gas. The radiation source assembly has an optical axis. A measuring radiation source provides radiation in the direction of the axis and a reference radiation source provides radiation in the direction of the axis. An optical diffuser is spaced from the radiation sources along the axis. Radiation from the measuring radiation source and radiation from the reference radiation source are applied to the diffuser and the diffuser forms an exiting radiation beam for the assembly from the radiation of the measuring radiation source and reference radiation source. The operation of the radiation source assembly resembles that of a single-path photometer.
Abstract:
The invention is related to an electrically modulatable thermal radiant source with a multilayer structure. The radiant source comprises a substrate (13), a first insulating layer (22) formed onto said substrate (13), a radiant surface layer (11) formed onto said first insulating layer (22), a second insulating layer (24) formed on said radiant surface layer (11), a first metallization (incandescent filament) layer (10) formed on said second insulating layer, a third insulating layer (26) formed on said first metallization layer, and a second metallization layer (15) for contacting formed on said third insulating layer (26). According to the invention, very thin incandescent filaments (10) are formed from said first metallization layer (10) and surrounded by the other elements (22, 11, 24, 26) of the multilayer structure as a uniform, planar plate.
Abstract:
An infrared light source used in spectrometers including an infrared range, a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscope (FTIR), etc. The infrared light source is composed of a panel made of sintered silicon nitride plates, a heating element made of metal and embedded in the panel, and a pair of conducting lines for supplying electricity to the heating element. The infrared light is emitted homogeneously from the flat surface of the panel, as compared to a conventional infrared light source using a metal filament in which infrared light is emitted inhomogeneously. It is preferred to form a silicon oxide layer on a surface of the panel to prevent initial change in the infrared emitting characteristic.
Abstract:
A radiation source assembly for optical transducers used for the analysis of material components of media, whereby the radiation source assembly comprises:
two thermal radiation sources (1, 2), of which the first radiation source (1) is located, in relation to the second radiation source, in such a position that it emits through the second radiation source (2); a band-stop filter (10) located between the first and the second radiation sources, so that the radiation (6) emitted by the first radiation source passes through it. Both thermal radiation sources (1, 2) comprise a substrate (3, 11) made of silicon, of a silicon mixture or of a silicon compound, and a recess (53) made in the substrate, and micro-filaments (4, 5), which are fastened at their ends to the outer surface (51, 52) of the substrate, their radiation (6, 8) emitting regions being at a distance (H) from the bottom surface (54) of the recess. The stop band of the band-stop filter (10) substantially corresponds to the absorption distribution of the material component of the medium to be analyzed with the transducer.
Abstract:
A method and means for generating synthetic spectra allowing quantitative measurement utilizes dual chip (12, 14) alternatively energized IREDs (10) with optical bandpass filter(s) (22, 24) passing two optical bands which has been combined with curvilinear interpolation to be utilized in a low cost small size quantitative measuring instrument.
Abstract:
An infrared source for use in an infrared spectrometer includes an insulator core (19) having a containment cavity, an outlet port in communication with the containment cavity, and an electrically heated infrared element (41) mounted in the containment cavity (38) with a portion thereof facing the outlet port and with the walls of the containment cavity (38) closely spaced to the infrared element. The insulator core is formed of a ceramic fiber material which has excellent resistance to heat and very low thermal conductivity so that very little heat from the infrared element escapes from the insulator core except as infrared radiation through the outlet port. The insulator core is preferably mounted within a central cavity of a metal housing, and may be sealed off from the ambient atmosphere by an infrared transmissive window (24) sealed to an outlet opening in the housing. The electrical supply lines (15) from the infrared element may extend through an opening in the housing which is closed and sealed to inhibit the passage of gases from the ambient atmosphere into the interior of the housing. Where the infrared element is sealed off from the ambient atmosphere in this manner, potentially corrosive gases will be inhibited from reaching the hot infrared element. This containment of the infrared element within the insulator core allows the element to be maintained at a desired temperature for radiating infrared for use in analytical instruments such as infrared spectrometers, while consuming very low amounts of electrical power.
Abstract:
Source d'infrarouges (200) constituant une source miniature, extrêmement stable et efficace d'énergie infrarouge s'utilisant avec des détecteurs à infrarouges et instrument similaire. La source d'infrarouges décrite par l'invention comporte un détecteur de température à résistance en platine (RTD) (302) intégré à l'élément de réchauffement (306), de façon à constituer un moyen de servocommande électronique de la température de l'élément de réchauffement. Ledit élément (306) et le détecteur RTD (302) sont étroitement couplés thermiquement, de façon à permettre un repérage et une commande précis et continus de la température de l'élément de réchauffement. La conception de la source infrarouge permet d'obtenir un rendement excellent en énergie infrarouge avec une puissance d'entrée dans l'élément de réchauffement inférieure à un watt.