Requirements for Sensors To be commercially successful, a biosensor has to meet the general requirements of commercial sensors (Table 1.2). These are:
1. Relevance of output signal to measurement environment
2. Accuracy and repeatability
3. Sensitivity and resolution
4. Dynamic range
5. Speed of response
6. Insensitivity to temperature (or temperature compensation)
7. Insensitive to electrical and other environmental interference
8. Amenable to testing and calibration
9. Reliability and Self-Checking Capability
10. Physical robustness
11. Service requirements
12. Capital cost
13. Running costs and life
14. Acceptability by user
15. Product safety-sample host system must not be contaminated by sensor