Patent ID: 7547904
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: B01L,G01J,G01N

Abstract:
1. A sensor comprising: a fluidic structure having defined therein a set of one or more channel portions within each of which fluid can move in a respective flow direction and photons can emanate from the moving fluid, with photons emanating from the moving fluid in each channel portion having energies within a respective range of photon energies; and an IC that includes a photosensor array; the array including, for at least one of the channel portions in the set, a respective series of two or more sets of cells; each series extending along the respective channel portion in its flow direction; each set of cells in a channel portion's series being capable of photosensing photons within a respective subrange of the channel portion's range of photon energies; the respective subranges of at least two of the sets of cells being different from each other.