Environmental sensor and a method for determining relative vapour pressure

    公开(公告)号:US09945765B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-17

    申请号:US14905384

    申请日:2014-06-25

    摘要: An apparatus for use in determining the relative vapor pressure of a fluid in an environment in which the apparatus is located, the apparatus comprising a first layer (512) configured to enable a flow of charge carriers from a source electrode (505) to a drain electrode (506), a second layer (513) configured to control the conductance of the first layer (512) using an electric field formed between the first (512) and second layers (513) and a third layer (514) positioned between the first and second layers to prevent a flow of charge carriers therebetween to enable formation of the electric field, wherein the second layer (513) is configured to exhibit a charge distribution on interaction with the fluid, the charge distribution giving rise to the electric field between the first (512) and second (513) layers, and wherein the second layer (513) is configured such that the charge distribution and electric field strength are dependent upon the relative vapor pressure of the fluid in the environment (516), thereby allowing the relative vapor pressure to be derived from a measurement of the conductance of the first layer (512).

    PULSE OPERATING METHOD FOR FET-TYPE SENSOR HAVING HORIZONTAL FLOATING GATE

    公开(公告)号:US20170350852A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-07

    申请号:US15612384

    申请日:2017-06-02

    摘要: “Provided is a pulse operating method for an FET-type sensor having a horizontal floating electrode. The pulse operating method for an FET-type sensor includes a reading preparation step of applying one or more pre-bias voltage pulses (Vpre) to the control electrode and a reading step of applying one or more read-bias voltage pulses (VrCG) to the control electrode and applying a voltage pulse (VrDs) synchronized with the read-bias voltage pulse between a drain and a source. The reactivity and the recovery time can be improved according to the width or the magnitude of the pre-bias voltage pulse applied to the input terminal of the control electrode, and the oxidizing gas and the reducing gas can be distinguished. In addition, since current flows to the FET-type sensor only in the read-biasing period, power consumption can be greatly reduced.”

    GAS SENSOR AND GAS-MEASURING DEVICE FOR DETECTING VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

    公开(公告)号:US20170315083A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-02

    申请号:US15523032

    申请日:2015-11-04

    IPC分类号: G01N27/414 G01N33/00

    CPC分类号: G01N27/4141 G01N33/0047

    摘要: A gas sensor 10 has a measuring channel 11 with a gas inlet 12 and with a gas outlet 13, at least one receptor layer 20, a reference electrode 30 and a voltage-controlled analysis unit 50. The reference electrode 30 is capacitively coupled with the receptor layer 20. The reference electrode 30 is connected to the analysis unit 50 in an electrically conductive manner. The receptor layer 20 is formed in measuring channel 11. The measuring channel 11 forms a dielectric layer between the receptor layer 20 and the reference electrode 30. The receptor layer 20 has a support 21 and an analyte-binding layer 22. The present invention provides for the analyte-binding layer 22 to be a self-assembling monolayer (SAM).