Apparatus and method for sensing a parameter

    公开(公告)号:US10429310B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US15500212

    申请日:2015-07-30

    摘要: An apparatus and method comprising: a plurality of sensor elements wherein the sensor elements are configured to be actuated in response to exposure to a parameter and the apparatus is configured to record when each of the sensor elements are actuated wherein: the plurality of sensor elements comprises at least a first subset of sensor elements and at least a second subset of sensor elements where the first subset of sensor elements are actuated in response to a first level of exposure to a parameter and the second subset of sensor elements are actuated in response to a second level of exposure to a parameter.

    Apparatus, method and computer program for scrambling an identification signal using quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors

    公开(公告)号:US11087018B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-10

    申请号:US16092732

    申请日:2017-04-27

    IPC分类号: G06K9/74 G06F21/62

    摘要: An apparatus, method and computer program wherein the apparatus comprises:a plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors; circuitry configured to provide an individual drain-source bias voltage to each of a plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors, wherein different individual drain-source bias voltages have different parameters, to enable the plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors to detect light from a user of an apparatus; and circuitry configured to obtain output signals from each of a plurality of quantum dot-graphene field effect transistors where the output signal is dependent upon both the light detected by the quantum dot-graphene field effect transistor and the parameters of the drain-source bias voltage to enable the obtained output signals to be used as a scrambled identification signal of the user of the apparatus.

    Flexible electronics apparatus and associated methods

    公开(公告)号:US10470304B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-05

    申请号:US15126012

    申请日:2015-03-03

    摘要: An apparatus including a flexible substrate; and an overhanging electronic component island, the electronic component island configured to be less flexible than the flexible substrate and including one or more electronic components, wherein the electronic component island includes a substrate-face with a connection portion and an overhang portion, the connection portion being mechanically coupled to a surface of the flexible substrate via a single connection-support pad and the overhang portion configured to overhang and be substantially free of the underlying flexible substrate such that the underlying flexible substrate can be strained independently from the overhang portion under operational strains of the flexible substrate.

    Apparatus and associated methods for electrical storage

    公开(公告)号:US11075390B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-27

    申请号:US16329365

    申请日:2017-09-11

    发明人: Mark Allen

    IPC分类号: H01M6/40 H01M6/32

    摘要: An apparatus including a proton battery and a casing for the proton battery, the proton battery including first and second electrodes configured to form an electrode junction configured to generate protons in the presence of water to produce a potential difference, the proton battery further including respective charge collectors in contact with the first and second electrodes; the casing configured to inhibit exposure of the electrode junction to water from the surrounding environment when the proton battery is contained within the casing, the casing including a pair of electrical terminals electrically connected to the respective charge collectors of the proton battery, wherein the proton battery is formed as a continuous strip of material, and wherein the casing includes an opening configured to enable a length of the continuous strip to be extracted from the casing.

    Apparatus for sensing electromagnetic radiation incident substantially perpendicular to the surface of a substrate

    公开(公告)号:US11024756B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-01

    申请号:US16309404

    申请日:2017-06-14

    摘要: An apparatus comprises a transparent substrate (3), at least one sensor (5) for the detection of electromagnetic radiation (31), and for each sensor a corresponding mirror having a reflective surface (11). The reflective surface (11) is shaped so that electro-magnetic radiation (31) incident on the transparent substrate (3) at a specific angle, passing through the transparent substrate (3) and being reflected by the reflective surface (11) is directed towards the sensor (5). The sensor (5) comprises a two dimensional material like graphene and may be a quantum dot functionalised graphene field effect transistor. The present invention enables the incident electromagnetic radiation (31) to be focussed onto the at least one sensor (5) without the use of additional optical components like lenses or microlenses. This may enable focussed images to be obtained by the apparatus.

    Array apparatus and associated methods

    公开(公告)号:US10944928B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-09

    申请号:US16301730

    申请日:2017-05-24

    摘要: An apparatus comprising a processor and memory including computer program code, the memory and computer program code configured to, with the processor, enable the apparatus at least to: based on a predetermined dark current component for each photodetector in an array of photodetectors, identify a plurality of subsets of photodetectors from the array for signal readout and amplification by a readout circuit, each photodetector of the array configured to provide a photodetector output signal comprising the dark current component and an image component on exposure to incident electromagnetic radiation from a target scene, wherein each subset of photodetectors is identified such that the combined dark current component of the constituent photodetector output signals for each subset is substantially the same; and provide the identified plurality of subsets for use in signal readout and amplification by the readout circuit.