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Abstract
A sensor having an input to an interferometer. The input may receive emissions from a detected fluid. The output of the interferometer may be focused on an array of light detectors. Electrical signals from the detectors may go to a processor. The output of the processor may include a spectrum of the detected fluid. Also, the identity of the fluid may be determined.
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- This present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/324,314, filed Dec. 19, 2002, by R. A. Wood, and entitled “MULTI-BAND SENSOR”.
- The invention may pertain to sensors and in particular to sensors for detecting the presence of fluids and other substances. More particularly, the invention may pertain to sensors that have detector sensitivities of several bandwidths. “Fluid” is a generic term that includes liquids and gases as species. For instance, air, water, oil, gas and agents may be fluids.
- The related art might detect at several wavelengths; however, the results of detection may not be sufficiently accurate because of sensor structure or other impediments resulting in different fields of view for detection at different wavelengths.
- The invention may be a multi-band sensor for detecting various fluids having emissions with various wavelengths and intensities.
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FIGS. 1 a, 1 b and 1 c show upward and downward fields of view for a sensor; -
FIG. 2 shows the sensor relative to a gas cloud and the sky. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a thermoelectric detector; -
FIGS. 4 a and 4 b reveal the sensor in conjunction with a vacuum package; -
FIG. 5 is a layout of the detectors and filters of the sensor; -
FIG. 6 is a graph showing transmission peaks of two thin-film interference filters; -
FIG. 7 is a layout of detectors and their connections into groups; -
FIG. 8 is a side view of several detectors and their corresponding filters; -
FIG. 9 is a schematic of some electronics for the sensor; -
FIGS. 10 a, 10 b and 10 c show absorptivity coefficients of an agent and two interferents; -
FIG. 11 shows the effect of variation of an angle of incidence on a narrow-band filter; -
FIG. 12 reveals a light integrating sphere; -
FIG. 13 is a table of dimensions for a sensor; -
FIG. 14 is a diagram of a multi-band gas sensor; -
FIG. 15 is a graph of an interference pattern of light that impinges a linear detector array; and -
FIG. 16 is a graph of a spectrum of a detected gas or gases. - The device may be a multi-band sensor for chemical agents or other substances in the atmosphere, suitable for flight on micro air vehicles (MAVs), dispersal from aircraft, or other low-cost light-weight applications. The sensor may sense the infrared (IR) emission at several selected narrow wavebands in the 3-5 or 8-12 μm IR spectral region at which gases (exhaust fumes, chemical agents, etc.) show characteristic “fingerprint” infrared absorption and emission lines. The sensor may use uncooled silicon micromachined IR detectors in a silicon vacuum package. The sensors and detectors may be any kind of technology. IR detectors are an illustrative example here. The estimated size, weight and power of a complete sensor (less downlink transmitter and battery) are 1 cc, 4 grams, 0.5 mW.
- The sensor may be a multi-band IR sensor with a field of view directed upwards (dispersed or ground-based sensor) or downwards (MAV sensor) depending on the mission purpose. For exhaust gas detection, at least one IR band may be centered on the absorption line of a component of exhaust gas (CO2, H2O, CO, NOx, depending on the engine and fuel type), and at least one IR band may be centered at a wavelength where these gases are transparent. The presence of exhaust gases may be indicated by an imbalance in the measured radiance at the two or more wavelengths. The imbalance may be produced by the different emissivity and temperature of exhaust gas components. For a downward looking MAV sensor, this imbalance may show a daily reversal of polarity, with crossover (minimum sensitivity) in the morning and evening.
- The magnitude of the imbalance is difficult to predict analytically for a MAV downward looking sensor, since it may be strongly dependent on time of day, wind dispersal, etc., but may be easily measurable, since engines produce large volumes of exhaust gases (a 1000 cu inch engine produces about 100 liters per second at 1000 rpm idle).
- An estimate of sensitivity may be more tractable for an upward looking sensor. It may be shown with calculations that hazardous chemical agents could be detected by an upward looking IR sensor. Such sensor may operate by sensing the radiance change caused by IR emission from the agent dispersed at altitudes where the air temperature is different from the apparent sky temperature. Using GB (Sarin), a particular chemical nerve agent, as an example, and assuming a
local air temperature 1 degree C. different from the apparent sky temperature, C=10 mg/m3 of GB dispersed in a cloud L=10 m thick would produce an apparent temperature change of about 100 mK in a 20 cm-1 IR band centered at 1020 cm-1. The apparent sky temperature change induced in a nearby IR band where GB is transparent (1250 cm-1, 8.0 um for example) is negligible in comparison. The IR signal from such a cloud of GB may therefore be detected (S/N≈5 for CL≈100 mg/m2) with a very low false alarm rate (about 2 e-6) with an IR sensor with a noise equivalent target temperature difference (NETD) of 20 mK in a 20 cm-1radiation bandwidth 1020 cm-1. To cancel out variations in the sky temperature, the sensor would measure the fractional change in radiance with two IR sensors fitted with narrow-band IR transmission filters (e.g., for GB, 20 cm-1 bands at 9.8 and 8.0 um). -
FIGS. 1 a and 1 b are illustrations of a downward-looking and an upward-lookingsensor 10, respectively, with two IR detectors operating at narrow-band wavelengths λ1 and λ2, which sense the infrared radiance of a gas cloud 11 (λ1) and with aground 12 orsky 13 background (λ2).FIG. 1 c shows several upward-looking dispersedsensors 10 which may provide a protective surveillance of toxic agents for a specific area.FIG. 2 showssensor 10 looking towards awarm gas cloud 11 being contrasted against acold sky 13.Sensor 10 may have amulti-band IR array 14,amplifiers 15 andprocessor 16. More than two IR wavebands can be employed. An IR thermoelectric (TE) detector and an integrated vacuum package (IVP) may be applicable here. An illustrative example of such detector may be in U.S. Pat. No. 5,220,189, issued Jun. 15, 1993, with inventors Robert Higashi et al., and entitled “Micromechanical Thermoelectric Sensor Element”, which is hereby incorporated by reference. An illustrative example of such package may be in U.S. Pat. No. 5,895,233, issued Apr. 20, 1999, with inventors Robert Higashi et al. and entitled Integrated Silicon Vacuum Micropackage for Infrared Devices”, which is hereby incorporated by reference. The unit cell or detector of this sensor consists of a thin (8000 A) silicon nitride microbridge, typically 50 to 75 um square, over a pit micromachined in the underlying silicon substrate. Microelectomechanical systems (MEMS) techniques may be utilized in the making or fabrication of the invention. Information about MEMS may be provided in U.S. Pat. No. 6,277,666, issued Aug. 21, 2001, with inventors Kenneth Hays et al. and entitled “Precisely Defined Microelectromechanical Structures and Associated Fabrication Methods”, which is hereby incorporated by reference. The sensors may operate by a thermal detection mechanism, i.e., incident IR radiation may heat the microbridge. Thin (1000 Å) thermoelectric metal films may form a thermocouple-pair and generate a direct voltage signal.Sensor 10 may be ‘self zeroing’ at any temperature, and hence may not require a temperature stabilizer or high-bit A/D.FIG. 3 shows a cross-section of aTE detector 17. It may haveelectrical contacts metal 20, acold TE junction 21 and ahot TE junction 22 ofmetals Junction 22 is supported over an etched pit or well 24 by asilicon nitride bridge 25. All of this may be formed in and supported by asubstrate 26.IR radiation 27 may impingedetector 17 which in response an electrical signal noting the impingement appears atcontacts -
TE detectors 17 or sensors should operate in a vacuum to achieve full sensitivity (as any gas pressure more than 75 mTorr may dampen the thermal signals unacceptably). One may use a low-cost light-weight wafer-scale vacuum encapsulation using an IR-transparent silicon “topcap” 28 on asubstrate 29 as shown inFIG. 4 a.FIG. 4 b illustrates the basic fabrication of wafer-to-wafer bonding oftopcat wafer 28 todevice wafer 29 to produce a low-cost vacuum package 30.Topcap 28 may be an anti-reflective coated silicon window.Item 30 is regarded as an integrated vacuum package (IVP). Betweentopcap 28 andsubstrate 29 is acavity 31 that containsdetectors 17. There is aseal ring 32 for wafer-to-wafer sealing ofcavity 31 betweentopcap 28 andsubstrate 29.Gold pads 31 are for wire bonding the connections todetectors 17.Cavity 31 may be evacuated via a port through the back of substrate orwafer 29. This low-cost vacuum encapsulation adds negligible weight (i.e., about 0.02 grams) todetector array 14. A hermetically sealed 30×30 mosaic IVP TE sensor may have an overall die size of about 5 mm×5 mm. - For this non-imaging application, a 2D array is not required, but for adequate sensitivity it is necessary to use a mosaic of many
individual TE detectors 17, electrically interconnected, to form a larger-area “mosaic”TE IR sensor 10, because the NETD improves as the square root of the mosaic area. Thus, a 30×30 mosaic is 30 times more sensitive than oneunit cell 17, and can provide very good performance even with narrow radiation bandwidth.IVP sensors 14 have long vacuum lifetimes (over 10 years), operate up to 180° C., and can be easily handled like conventional silicon electronic chips. These IR sensors may be produced in volume production (i.e., thousands) at very little cost each. -
FIG. 5 showssensor 10 having multi-band capability utilizing a mosaic of IR bandpass filters. The multi-band capability ofIR detectors 17 may be provided by fabricating narrow-band interference filters 34 directly on the inner surface of the IVP topcap 28 using a photolithographic process to generate alternating IR transmission bandpass filters with 75 um periodicity, matching the 75um periodicity of theunderlying TE detectors 17. A very simple dielectric stack may be employed to produce the selected IR bandpass filters.FIG. 6 reveals a calculated transmission of two thin-film interference filters (8 layers of Si and SiO2) withtransmission peaks - For a dual-band sensor, alternate TE detectors may be electrically interconnected in series and/or parallel, so that
sensor 10 may automatically produce separate electrical signal voltages for each IR waveband, with approximately equivalent, about the same or essentially identical fields of view. Adetector 17 near the edge ofarray 14 onsubstrate 29 may have a different field of view than adetector 17 in the center ofarray 14 because the side or edge oftopcap 28 may obstruct part of the view from the outside to thedetector 17 near the edge, whereas such obstruction would not be present fordetector 17 in the center. There may be a number of detectors of the same wavelength in the array which make up a group ofdetectors 17.Detectors 17 of the same group and wavelength may be connected together with series or parallel electrical connections or a combination of such connections. The distribution of the detectors for the various wavelengths may be such that the group has a cumulative, composite, average or resultant field of view representative of the group'sconstituent detectors 17. The result is that the fields of view of the groups may be essentially the same or equivalent.FIG. 7 shows an example of five groups ofdetectors 17, one group for each wavelength or “color”.Detectors 17 labeled “1” are ofgroup 1, labeled “2” are ofgroup 2, and so on. The colors (i.e., various wavelengths) can be distributed according to a regular pattern, which probably may be designed differently for different numbers of colors, but the general principle is the same. The various “colored”detectors 17 comprising the mosaic are distributed across the mosaic area, so that each individual “color”detector 17 has a substantially-equal number of near neighbors of each of the other “colors”. All individual detectors of each separate color are electrically connected together (either in series, parallel or a combination thereof) to give a single output signal of that “color” and incorporating a field of view for the respective group. There may be a case in which the colors are distributed randomly, which achieves substantially the same equalization of the fields of view among the groups, even though a regular pattern is not used. Various “colored”detectors 17 comprising the mosaic may be distributed randomly across the mosaic area, so that each individual “color”detector 17 has, on the average, a substantially-equal number of near neighbors of each of the other “colors”. Allindividual detectors 17 of each separate color may be electrically connected together (either in series or parallel, but usually in series) to give a single output signal of that “color”. The random configuration may work better when the number of detectors inarray 14 is large (i.e., greater than 50). - The wavelength or “color” of a
detector 17 may be determined by thefilter 34 situated between the sensing surface or junction ofdetector 17 and that which is observed.FIG. 5 reveals a perspective offilters 34 relative todetectors 17.Filters 34 designate the “colors” fordetectors 17. Thefilters 34 are laid out according to groups as described above.FIG. 8 is a side view of the relationship offilter 34 todetector 17.Filters 34 may be put on the inside surface oftopcap 28 with photolithographic processes. - The advantages of TE infrared
thermal detectors 17 in thepresent sensor 10 include Low cost (because of the use of commercial silicon fabrication and vacuum package process), robustness (>12,000-g's, 180° C. tolerant, and European Space Agency space-qualified), suitability for long integration times (un-measurable 1/f sensor noise), high sensitivity (NETD<10 mK with 20 cm-1 IR bandwidth), broadband responsivity (<3 to >15 μm), and ease of operation (uncooled, no thermal stabilization or bias voltage required, direct dc signal voltage).Sensor 10 may utilize other kinds ofdetectors 17. - The NETD of a 2.5 mm square 30×30 mosaic
IVP TE sensor 10 may be calculated to be <10 mK in the operating mode of the program with 10 seconds integration time, 20 cm-1 waveband near 10 um, 290K target temperature, and F/1 optical aperture. The NESR may be computed to be 5.4 e-10 W/cm2.sr.cm-1. Twosuch IR detectors 17 may be placed side by side, viewing the sky via two IR thin-film multilayer filters 34 centered at (in the case of GB) 9.8 um and 8.Oum, to give a good signal/noise ratio (10:1 for CL=100 mg/m2) for GB under most atmospheric conditions. -
Sensor 10 electronics may include a CMOSelectronic circuit 40 as shown inFIG. 9 may be used to compute the IR ratio signal of a background signal and a gas detection signal from correspondingdetectors 17 toinputs preamplifiers microprocessor 39 operating in a sigma-delta feedback loop. The ratio signal may be accessed atoutput 43. An RF link may be connected tooutput 43.Circuit 40 uses 150 uA at 3V (0.5 mW). - Discrimination between chemical agents and interferents may be detected. The military M21 remote sensing chemical agent alarm and joint service lightweight standoff chemical agent detector (JSLSCAD), which are remote chemical agent sensors, measure the radiance at multiple narrow wavebands within the
range 800 to 1200 wavenumbers, where atmospheric transmission is normally good (except for the ozone doublet near 1030 cm-1) and chemical agents have distinctive spectral characteristics.Curves FIGS. 10 a, 10 b and 10 c show the absorptivity coefficients of chemical nerve agent GB, and two common battlefield interferents, white phosphorus (WP) smoke and Fort Benning dust (dust) near 10 um wavelength, respectively. - In order to differentiate chemical agents from each other, and from interferents, at least two, and possibly many, different IR wavebands must be measured. For example, looking at
FIGS. 10 a, 10 b and 10 c, the relative fractional radiance change at 8.0 um (1250 cm−1) compared to 9.8 um (1020 cm−1) appears small for GB, but significant for either WP or dust. The spectral resolution that has been used (with M21 and JSLSCAD) to detect and differentiate chemical agents against complex background IR signatures may be 4 wavenumbers. This however may require 100 IR measurement bands to cover the full 8-12 um spectral range, which seems not conducive to a low-cost sensor. Fortunately, the skyward viewing geometry of the proposed sensor greatly simplifies the background IR signature, so that a fewer number of wider spectral bands may be used. Since the minimum practical number, and width, of the wavebands for reliable species identification may need to be determined, one could analytically determine how a variation in the number of IR bands and bandwidths affect the ability of the proposed sensor to discriminate chemical agents from harmless atmospheric contaminants (dust, smoke, etc.) and discriminate different classes and types of chemical agents from each other. One may use IR spectra. One may take into account recent improvements in signal processing and pattern recognition techniques (autoregressive (AR) modeling, Markov Random Field (MRF) and neutral net processing. One may select the smallest number of IR bands, with the widest wavebands, that may produce a useful practical result insensor 10. The results may be used to determine the optimum number of IR bands and bandwidths required in a production sensor. - A look at this has been performed, using JSLSCAD data as a baseline. This is tended to indicate that higher-resolution is more important than the number of bands employed. Adequate performance may be attained with five to eight wavebands, with full width half maximum (FWHM) of 16 cm-1 (approx 0.2 um). Suitable center-wavebands for various agents are indicated as follows: GA, 1046 cm-1; GB, 1026 cm-1; GD, 1022 cm-1; GF, 1016 cm-1; VX, 1038 cm-1; HD, 1231 cm-1; HN3, 1121 cm-1; and Lewisite, 814 cm-1.
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um sensor 10 may be fabricated usingcircuit 40 ofFIG. 9 .Sensor 10 may use one 45 degree field of view (FOV) 30×30 mosaic IVP TE IR sensor on one channel, with the other channel being used to measure air temperature with a thermistor. This may be a dual-bandIVP TE sensor 10 calibrated radiometer. The 30×30 mosaicTE IVP sensor 10 may be placed in a circular aluminum optical shroud on a circuit board. Two chips, amplifiers 15 (41, 42) and microprocessor 16 (39), andarray 14 may be placed oncircuit board 47. - For the lowest cost and weight,
sensor 10 may use no lens and rely on the overhead chemical agent filling the vertical field of view (FOV). If no lens is used, then incident rays from the sky within the FOV may pass through the narrow-band IR filters at varying angles of incidence. In this case, one may consider the change in IR filter characteristics with angle of incidence. The computed change in center wavelength of a 10 μm bandpass filter as a function of angle of incidence of the radiation shows that plus/minus 25 degrees (i.e., about F/1) may be acceptable, so no collimating lens should be required for 20 cm-1 wavebands and F/1 FOV. A germanium window may be used to provide environmental protection. The window may be made optically diffusing, to provide more uniform fields of view toIR detectors 17.Curve 48 ofFIG. 11 shows the effect of variation of an angle of incidence on a generic narrow-band filter centered at 1000 cm-1 (10 um wavelength). - It is significant that the fields of view of the groups of
detectors 17 for the different IR bands be essentially identical, so that point objects (dust specs, isolated clouds, etc.) do not affect one band more than another. This may be substantially achieved by the use of a mosaic ofIR detector 17 and IR filters 34, with every detector operating in one band being surrounded by other sensors operating in the different bands, as described above. Impingingradiation 27 field can also be substantially randomized by the use of an “integrating sphere” 50 as shown inFIG. 12 .Radiation 27 may enter a portal 51 ofsphere 50.Radiation 27 is reflected around internally insphere 50 by the reflective inside surface ofsphere 50.Randomized radiation 53 may exit fromsphere 50 throughportal 52. However,sensor 10 may be placed at the portal 52 exit ofsphere 50 to detect the radiation. -
Sensor 10 has high shock tolerance.IR detectors 17 have been tested to 14,000 g, and may tolerate more than 20,000 g. Electronic circuits may be hardened to 20,000 g by encapsulation in supporting media. Lens components might be able to tolerate 20,000 g with suitable robust mounts. - Weight, size and power of
sensor 10 may be favorable for many users. Using the known density of materials, one may estimate the weight of the expected components ofchemical agent sensor 10. Asingle band sensor 10 is reviewed in the weight calculation table 54 inFIG. 13 . Additional infrared bands may be added with little additional impact in size/weight/power/cost. - The
present detector system 60 may receiveemissions 56 from a gas cloud orsample 55.System 60 may be mounted so as to receive emissions orradiation 56 from the sky or the ground. The spectrum of the cloud or sample may be better detected if the cloud orsample 55 is at a temperature different from the sky or the ground.System 60 may be a stand off detector in that it detects gas at a distance. Another kind of sensor may be a point sensor in that it is in the gas being detected, i.e., it may be pointed into the gas. Emissions orincident radiation 56, for instance, may propagate through acollimating lens 57 tobeam splitter 58.Lens 57 may be composed of an infrared transparent material such as Ge.Splitter 58 may have about a 50/50 ratio split between transmittance and reflection. A thin layer of infrared reflective material such as aluminum may be deposited on or applied to a flat surface on the front of the infrared transparent material ofsplitter 58 facing theincident radiation 56. Incident radiation orbeam 56 may be split intobeams splitter 58.Beam 61 may go fromsplitter 58 to be reflected by fixedmirrors splitter 58 to acylindrical focusing lens 65.Beam 62 may emanate fromsplitter 58 towardsmirror 64 and be reflected towardsmirror 63 which in turn may reflectbeam 62 tosplitter 58.Splitter 58 may reflect at least a portion ofbeam 62 tolens 65.Beams area 66 on the top flat surface oflens 65 to interfere with each other to form a fringe orinterference pattern 81 having fringes or lines 82. -
Lens 65 may magnify or focus in one dimension, in that it may have one dimension of curvature. Thelens 65 material may be composed of some infrared transparent substance such as Ge. Ordinary glass does not appear to adequately transmit such IR light. - The
lens 57,splitter 58, and fixedmirrors moveable mirror - Light beams 61 and 62 may impinge about an
area 66. If light beams 61 and 62 interfere, there may be thefringe pattern 81 having fringes orinterference lines 82, as shown inarea 66 on the top flat surface ofcylindrical lens 65 inFIG. 14 and ofpattern 81 inFIG. 15 .Pattern 81 in the graph is an illustrative example of a number, shape and intensity of fringes which may be different for various systems. The graph shows the intensity of the light impinging the top surface oflens 65 versus distance in the direction of the length of longitudinal axis oflens 65. The lines orfringes 82 ofinterference pattern 81 may be focused bylens 65 ontodetectors 76 situated in alinear array 67. The lines or fringes may be individually focused onrespective detectors 76. Eachdetector 75 may sense the light and its intensity at each increment of distance of thepattern 81, and convert its respective intensity locations into electrical signal representing the intensity of the light at each of thedetectors 76 inarray 67, of which the electrical signals together may provide an electrical representation ofinterference pattern 81.Linear array 67 may be a row of about 120 uncooled infrared detectors such as microbolometers, in a case of an illustrative example. The number of detectors may be more or less than 120. The microbolometers may be reasonable in cost and do not need to be cooled. - The output signals from the
array 67 may be low level voltages and easy to manage with the present electronics. The uncooledinfrared detectors 76 may provide broadband detection from about one to fifty microns. A typical range of infrared detection may be between about 3 and 12 microns. On the other hand, there may be visible and ultra-violetlight detectors 76 in the array for other band detection. Thewhole system 60 may be designed to detect most fluids (i.e., gases or liquids) or be designed for optimized detection of a particular fluid. -
Items 82 of the plot inFIG. 15 may represent theinterference pattern 81 of the impinging light. There may be more or less fringes orlines 82, each of which may be focused on adetector 76 in thelinear array 67. The electrical signals 68, which may be electrical equivalents of the lines orfringes 82 impinging thedetectors 76, may be conveyed fromarray 67 via a conductive line to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 69. Thesignals 68 may be converted intodigital signals 71 representative of intensities of the light impinging each of thedetectors 76 inarray 67. Thedetectors 76 may be situated in an integrated vacuum package (IVP) 77 with a window over the detectors to maintain the integrity of the package. Thesignals 71 may be sent to amicroprocessor 72 in either a serial or parallel format. Thesesignals 71 may be processed or deconvolved into data that provides a pattern of a “fingerprint” or other identifying pattern of the sample gas orgases 55. The conversion ofsignals 71 tosignals 73 constituting an identifying pattern may be performed byprocessor 72 utilizing an available Fourier transform program.FIG. 16 shows a graphical representation ofsuch pattern 83 havingfeatures 84 in terms of intensity versus wavelength.Processor 72 may have an analyzer with a look-up table to recognize apattern 83 or theelectronic signals 68 from thearray 67.Pattern 83 may be displayed ondisplay 74. Theoutput 73 ofprocessor 72 may include identification of the detected gas or gases by name or otherwise, and provide an overall relative intensity and average wavelength or frequency of the gas radiation, in addition to the spectrum such as the intensity versus wavelength or power versus frequency data, for example. The spectrum may be expressed in various sets of terms. Other information may be-provided byprocessor 72. Theoutput 73 ofprocessor 72 may go to adisplay 74, so that the observer may observe the data, graphs, and processor analyses. Each analysis in an illustrative example may cover about 100 different wavelengths. The number of wavelengths may instead be more or less that 100. Anoutput 73 to anaudio emanating device 75 anddisplay 74 may be provided to the user in terms of intensities, wavelengths, and identities of the gases, or other kinds of parameters or data. Also, thedisplay 74 anddevice 75 may provide visible and audio warnings about the presence of certain gases and their intensities, particularly if they are considered dangerous in particular areas. There may be warning lights and alarms. Theoutput 73 may also go to aprinter 78 and anexternal connection 79. - The sensor may be constructed with available and inexpensive parts to result in reasonable, practical, reasonable and saleable product. The
system 60 may be put into a package, for example, of about a 10 cm cube, excluding theprinter 78. This package may also exclude warning lights, alarms and sirens. It may or might not include the display and audio device.System 60 and its package may have the flexibility of being designed to fit the needs or desires of the user. - Although the invention has been described with respect to at least one illustrative embodiment, many variations and modifications will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading the present specification. It is therefore the intention that the appended claims be interpreted as broadly as possible in view of the prior art to include all such variations and modifications.
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1. A chemical agent sensor comprising:
an interferometer having a light input and output;
an array of light detectors proximate to the output of the interferometer; and
a processor connected to the array; and
wherein:
the array is a linear array; and
the interferometer is a linear fringe interferometer.
2-4. (canceled)
5. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the lens is a cylindrical lens having a longitudinal axis approximately parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the linear array.
6. The sensor of claim 5 , wherein the light detectors are infrared light detectors.
7. The sensor of claim 6 , wherein the linear array of light detectors are arranged so that some detectors are positioned to detect a different range wavelengths than another detector in the array.
8. The sensor of claim 7 , wherein the detectors are uncooled intensity detectors of light.
9. The sensor of claim 8 , wherein the processor has an intensity versus wavelength display.
10. The sensor of claim 9 , wherein light from a gas enters the light input of the interferometer.
11. The sensor of claim 10 , wherein the processor comprises a Fourier transform mechanism.
12. The sensor of claim 11 , wherein the processor comprises a gas identification indicator.
13. The sensor of claim 12 , wherein the indicator is a display.
14. The sensor of claim 12 , wherein the indicator is an audio device.
15. The sensor of claim 12 , wherein the indicator is a printer.
16-18. (canceled)
19. A means for sensing gas, comprising:
means for receiving light emanated by the gas;
means for interfering the light into a linear fringe pattern;
means for detecting the linear fringe pattern of light and converting the pattern into electrical signals; and
means for processing the electrical signals into an intensity versus wavelength parameters of the gas; and
wherein the means for detecting is uncooled infrared detection.
20-22. (canceled)
23. A method for sensing gas, comprising:
receiving light emanated by the gas;
interfering the light into a pattern of intensity versus distance;
detecting the pattern and converting the pattern into electrical signals; and
processing the electrical signals into a pattern of intensity versus distance; and
wherein the detecting is performed with uncooled infrared detectors.
24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the processing comprises a Fourier transform mechanism.
25. An apparatus for sensing a fluid, comprising:
an interferometer having an input proximate to the fluid and having an output;
a linear array of infrared light detectors proximate to the output;
a processor connected to detectors; and
an intensity versus wavelength output device connected to the processor; and
wherein light from the fluid into the input of the interferometer is output from the interferometer in a distance versus wavelength fringe pattern.
26. The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the output device provides intensity versus wavelength data about the fluid; and
the output device identifies the fluid proximate to the input.
27. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the interferometer comprises
a first lens at the input;
an infrared light splitter proximate to the lens and the output;
a first mirror proximate to the splitter; and
a second mirror proximate to the splitter and the first mirror.
28. The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein light from the fluid into the input of the interferometer is output from the interferometer in a distance versus wavelength linear fringe pattern.
29. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the first and second mirrors are fixed relative to each other.
30. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the fringe pattern is converted by the array of detectors into electrical signals.
31. The apparatus of claim 30 , wherein the processor converts the electrical signals to spectrum data of the fluid.
32. The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the processor may identify identifies the fluid.
33. The apparatus of claim 32 , wherein the processor utilizes a Fourier transformation to convert the electrical signals to spectrum data of the fluid.
34. The apparatus of claim 33 , wherein the detectors are uncooled.
35. The apparatus of claim 34 , further comprising second lens that is a longitudinal focusing lens situated between the output of the interferometer and the array.
36. The apparatus of claim 35 , wherein:
the first lens is a collimating lens;
the first lens is transparent to infrared light;
the second lens is transparent to infrared light; and
the splitter is reflective of infrared light and transparent to infrared light.
37. The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein the spectrum data are intensity versus wavelength.
38. The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein the spectrum data are power versus frequency.
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