公开(公告)号：US20200256842A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-13

申请号：US16651832

申请日：2018-10-08

Applicant: Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company

Inventor： Christophe ANTOINE ,  Himanshu JAIN ,  Matthew Thomas CANTY ,  Christina B. McLOUGHLIN ,  Daniel Joseph LUCEY ,  Sinead Maire McDERMOTT ,  Stephen O'BRIEN ,  Bernard STENSON ,  Shane GEARY ,  William Allan LANE ,  Michael COLN ,  Mark De Leon ALEA

IPC: G01N33/487

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide various nanogap sensor designs (e.g., horizontal nanogap sensors, vertical nanogap sensors, arrays of multiple nanogap sensors, various arrangements for making electrical connections to the electrodes of nanogap sensors, etc.), as well as various methods which may be used to fabricate at least some of the proposed sensors. The nanogap sensors proposed herein may operate as molecular sensors to help identify chemical species through electrical measurements using at least a pair of electrodes separated by a nanogap.