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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Applicants:
James Mclaughlin, Belfast, GB;
Paul Damian Maguire, Belfast, GB;
Inventors:
James McLaughlin, Belfast, GB;
Paul Damian Maguire, Belfast, GB;
Assignee:
UUTech Limited, County Antrim, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); B32B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for identifying gases, the system having a plasma generator for generating a plasma using the gas to be identified and an array of detectors for detecting light emitted from the plasma. By analysing the output of the detectors, the gas can be identified. The system includes a plasma display () having two glass plates (and) patterned with strips that form the plasma electrodes. The intersection between the strips defines pixels which are individually addressable.