摘要:
A method of manufacturing an electrically actuable switch and comprising: depositing a first electrode on a surface; depositing an active layer or layers on top of said first electrode; and depositing a second electrode on top of said active layer(s), wherein said step of depositing an active layer or layers is performed in an atmosphere into which a reactive gas is introduced, the partial pressure of the reactive gas being varied during the process so as to introduce dopants into the active layer in a concentration which varies across the active layer.
摘要:
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.
摘要:
A sensor comprising a memory device having a first electrode and a first chemical-sensing layer coupled to the first electrode. The chemical-sensing layer, in the presence of an analyte, is arranged to change a property of the Memristive device. The sensor can detect an analyte by providing a sample to be detected proximate the chemical sensing layer, observing the state of the memory element; and determining a property of the sample by comparing the observed state of the memory element with a previous state. The sensor is manufactured by depositing a second electrode on a surface, depositing an active layer or layers onto said second electrode, depositing a first electrode onto said active layer(s), and coupling a chemically sensitive layer to the first electrode.
摘要:
A method of optically outputting information (e.g. digital data) from a semiconductor device, the method comprising: providing a semiconductor device having a semiconducting p-n junction, the p-n junction having a region of reduced free charge carrier density; applying an electrical signal to modulate the extent of the said region, the electrical signal being representative of the information to be outputted; arranging incident light to pass through at least part of the said region, such that the light is at least partially absorbed in dependence upon the modulated extent of the said region, thereby producing intensity-modulated output light; and detecting the intensity of the output light and thereby determining the outputted information. Also provided is an electro-optical assembly, a package module for mounting a semiconductor device on a printed circuit board, and an integrated circuit chip.
摘要:
A method of observing reaction intermediaries during a chemical reaction and comprising detecting an electrical signal output from an ion sensitive field effect transistor exposed to said reaction, and monitoring the detected electrical signal to discriminate discrete fluctuations in the electrical signal, the discrete fluctuations indicating reaction intermediaries occurring during a chemical reaction.
摘要:
An amplifier stage suitable for current conveyors and current mode feedback operational amplifiers has low input resistance and operates at low power. The amplifier stage comprises a buffer having inverting and non-inverting inputs and a pair of current outputs, and a pair of multiple output current mirrors which operate in conjunction with the buffer to generate an output current at a high gain node in response to an input signal applied to the buffer inputs. Each multiple output current mirror has a low impedance current input for receiving current signals generated by the buffer and multiple high impedance current outputs for providing current feedback to the inverting input of the buffer and output current to the high gain node of the amplifier stage. The magnitudes of the feedback and output currents are determined by the resistances of current scaling resistors associated with the low impedance current input and each of the high impedance current outputs.
摘要:
Use of a pH sensor comprising an ion-sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) to perform real time detection/quantification of nucleic acid amplification, e.g. polymerase chain reaction (PCR) nucleic acid amplification, based on detection of protons released during the primer extension phase.
摘要:
A signal processing circuit includes an ion sensitive field effect transistor, a reference electrode for the ion sensitive field effect transistor, a metal oxide semiconductor transistor having its gate coupled to the reference electrode, and a biasing circuit. The biasing circuit is configured to bias the ion sensitive field effect transistor and the metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor to operate in a weak inversion region and to provide an output current signal.
摘要:
A digital circuit comprises: a first arm including a first metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (M3) configured to act as a load device; a second arm including a second metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (M4) configured to act as a load device; and a switch (M1, M2) for selecting one of the first and second arms. Each of the first and second transistors (M3, M4) has a channel length of 100 nm or below and is biased to operate in the weak inversion regime. In an alternative circuit, each load device (M3, M4) has its bulk connected to its drain and is biased to operate in the weak inversion regime.
摘要:
A circuit comprising a digital processor, analogue processing means, a digital to analogue converter for converting digital values output from the digital processor into analogue values which are processed by the analogue processing means, and an analogue to digital converter for converting resulting analogue values into digital values for input to the digital processor, wherein the analogue processing means comprises one or more analogue processors, and the circuit is dynamically reconfigurable under the control of the digital processor, such that analogue values are processed according to a first function by the analogue processing means, and following reconfiguration, analogue values are processed according to a second function by the analogue processing means.