Electrical readout integrator having porous insulators and spaced electrodes in an electrolyte

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL READOUT INTEGRATOR COMPRISING A REDOX ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, A CONTAINER FOR SAID ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION; A PLURALITY OF SPACED ELECTRODES ARRANGED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, SAID PLURALITY COMPRISING AN INPUT ELECTRODE, A SHIELD ELECTRODE, A READOUT ELECTRODE AND A COMMON ELECTRODE; FIRST POROUS INSULATING MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID INPUT AND SAID SHIELD ELECTRODES, SAID INPUT AND SHIELD ELECTRODES DEFINING A RESERVOIR COMPARTMENT THEREBETWEEN, SAID SHIELD ELECTRODE BEING DEPOSITED ON ONE PLANAR SURFACE OF SAID FIRST POROUS INSULATING MEANS; SECOND POROUS INSULATING MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SHIELD AND SAID READOUT ELECTRODES, SAID READOUT ELECTRODE BEING DEPOSITED ON ONE PLANAR SURFACE OF SAID SECOND POROUS INSULATING MEANS; FIRST ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID SHIELD ELECTRODE AND SAID SECOND INSULATING MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION TO SAID SHIELD ELECTRODE; SECOND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS FOR SPACING APART SAID READOUT AND COMMON ELECTRODES TO DEFINE AN INTEGRAL COMPARTMENT THEREBETWEEN; AND A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT ELECTRODE, SAID FIRST ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS, SAID SECOND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS AND SAID COMMON ELECTRODE FOR ESTABLISHING EXTERNALLY AVAILABLE CONNECTIONS TO SAID ELECTRODES, SAID ELECTRODES BEING TAKEN FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF PLATINUM AND ITS NOBLE METAL ALLOYS.