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Electrically conducting organic polymers are widely used as a means of
gas, odour or aroma analysis using multi-element array techniques cou
pled with direct current (d.c.) interrogation techniques. Recently, it
has been established that the use of alternating current (a.c.) inter
rogation gives rise to improved performance. In addition, the need to
use multi-element arrays is much reduced since a single sensor can be
interrogated at a wide range of frequencies. This paper describes the
use of pseudo-random binary sequences (PRBS) as interrogation signals
for semi-conducting organic polymer gas sensors. Preliminary experimen
ts have been conducted upon volatile vapours and results are presented
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