Patent ID: 6535824
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: B01J,C40B,G01N

Abstract:
A computer readable medium containing software for the control of the operation of an apparatus for characterizing one or more material properties for a plurality of samples, the software comprising:instructions for selecting an array of sensors for measurement, each sensor of the array of sensors connected by a common substrate, the array of sensors associated with a combinatorial array of samples, the array of samples being combinatorially synthesized such that each sample of the array of samples is at least slightly different from other samples of the array of samples, each of the samples of the array of samples associated with at least one sensor of the array of sensors wherein the at least one sensor is different for each sample; instructions for computing, selecting and setting of test equipment operating parameters, wherein the instructions result in discrete operating parameters used to drive the test equipment; instructions for initiating a data gathering sequence, wherein the array of sensors are caused to measure a preselected property for each of the samples of the array of samples and wherein the preselected property is the same for each of the samples of the array of samples; instructions for sending, receiving and monitoring signals sent to and received from the array of sensors; instructions for processing signals received from the array of sensors, wherein a specific output is generated for each signal processed; instructions for calculating arithmetic values corresponding to the preselected property of each of the samples of the array of samples using the specific output generated for each signal processed; instructions for monitoring and storing the calculated arithmetic value, the raw data, and each specific output for each signal processed; and instructions for displaying the arithmetic value of each of the samples of the array of samples together thereby allowing comparisons between the preselected property of various samples of the array of samples.