Design and fabrication of a MEMS-based gas sensor

Jin Ho Yoon, Jung Sik Kim

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Abstract

In this study, the micro gas sensor for NOx gas was fabricated by using a MEMS technology and sol-gel process. The sensing electrode and micro heater were designed to be a coplanar typed structure in the Pt thin film layer. The fabricated micro platform had a low power consumption of 67 mW at 2.0 V of heater voltage and 300° C of operating temperature. Indium oxide as a sensing material for NOx gas was synthesized by a sol-gel process with indium isopropoxide. The particle size of synthesized In2O3 was identified as about 50 nm. The maximum gas sensitivity as relative resistance (R s = Rgas / Rair) occurred at 300° C with the value of 8.0 at 1 ppm NO2 gas. The present study shows that a MEMS-based gas sensor is a potential candidate for the automobile AQS (air quality system) gas sensor with many advantages of small dimension, high sensitivity, short response time and low power consumption.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNEMS/MEMS Technology and Devices - Selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2009, ICMAT 2009
Pages255-258
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventInternational Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, ICMAT 2009 - Singpore, Singapore
Duration: 28 Jun 20093 Jul 2009

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume74
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, ICMAT 2009
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingpore
Period28/06/093/07/09

Keywords

  • Gas sensor
  • Indium oxide
  • MEMS
  • NO

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