Sensor refresh systems
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsMordechai KORNBLUTH, Karim GADELRAB, Jonathan MAILOA, Kaushal SAGAR, Soo KIM, Shilpa PANT, Lloyd AH QUNE
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Abstract
A sensor system includes a sensor and an optical source. The sensor has a receptor configured to bind to a chemical species. A spacer is bound to the receptor, and a fluorophore is bound to the spacer. The optical source is configured to irradiate the sensor to dissociate the chemical species from the receptor. The optical source can be infrared light, microwave or radio wave. The sensor system optionally includes a photodetector configured to determine an amount of the chemical species by measuring fluorescence when the optical source irradiates the sensor.
Claims23
1-5. (canceled)
A sensor system, comprising:
- a sensor configured to bind to a chemical species, the sensor being attached to a sensing surface of a sensing assembly, the sensing assembly including at least one electroactive polymer film, a first electrode in contact with the at least one electroactive polymer film, a second electrode in contact with the at least one electroactive polymer film, the at least one electroactive polymer film being situated between the first and the second electrode, and a polymer support layer positioned between the sensing surface and the first electrode;
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- an ultrasonic source configured to apply an ultrasonic vibrational energy generated from the sensing assembly to dissociate the chemical species from the sensor.
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16-20. (canceled)
A sensor system, comprising:
- a chemical sensor attached to a sensing surface of a sensing assembly, the sensing assembly further comprising:
- a polymer support layer in contact with the sensing surface of the sensing assembly;
- a first electrode in contact with at least one electroactive polymer film and situated between the polymer support layer and the at least one electroactive polymer film;
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- a second electrode in contact with the at least one electroactive polymer film that is situated between the first and second electrodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.