VAPOR AND/OR GAS CONCENTRATION AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20210055264A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-25

    申请号:US16982854

    申请日:2019-05-06

    Abstract: A vapor and/or gas concentration and temperature sensor includes a resonating structure having a first side with a functionalized surface and a second side opposite the first side, a first resonant frequency of a first vibration mode, and a second resonating frequency of a second vibration mode. Drive and sensing electrodes face the second side of the resonating structure. A direct current bias source is coupled to the resonating structure. A first AC voltage source provides the resonating structure with a first voltage having a frequency corresponding to the first resonant frequency. A second AC voltage source provides the resonating structure with a second voltage having a frequency corresponding to the second resonant frequency. A read-out circuit determines a vapor and/or gas concentration based on a difference between the frequency of the first voltage and a first read-out frequency and determines a temperature based on a difference between the frequency of the second voltage and a second read-out frequency.

    ACTIVE MEMS MICROBEAM DEVICE FOR GAS DETECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20190383715A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-19

    申请号:US16076049

    申请日:2017-03-30

    Abstract: Sensors and active switches for applications in gas detection and other fields are described. The devices are based on the softening and hardening nonlinear response behaviors of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) clamped-clamped microbeams. In that context, embodiments of gas-triggered MEMS microbeam sensors and switches are described. The microbeam devices can be coated with a Metal-Organic Framework to achieve high sensitivity. For gas sensing, an amplitude-based tracking algorithm can be used to quantify an amount of gas captured by the devices according to frequency shift. Noise analysis is also conducted according to the embodiments, which shows that the microbeam devices have high stability against thermal noise. The microbeam devices are also suitable for the generation of binary sensing information for alarming, for example.

    COMBINED VAPOR AND/OR GAS CONCENTRATION SENSOR AND SWITCH

    公开(公告)号:US20210025851A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-28

    申请号:US17040099

    申请日:2019-05-06

    Abstract: A combined vapor and/or gas concentration sensor and switch includes a resonating structure having a first side with a functionalized surface and a second side opposite the first side, a first resonant frequency of a first vibration mode, and a third resonant frequency of a third vibration mode. A direct current bias source is coupled to the resonating structure. A first AC voltage source is coupled to the drive electrode and provides the resonating structure, via the drive electrode, with a first voltage having an amplitude causing the first vibration mode of the resonating structure to exhibit a pull-in band and having a frequency adjacent the pull-in band of the first mode. A second AC voltage source is coupled to the drive electrode and provides the resonating structure, via the drive electrode, with a second voltage having a frequency corresponding to the third resonant frequency. A read-out circuit is coupled to the sensing electrode and is configured to determine a vapor and/or gas concentration based on a difference between the frequency of the second voltage supplied by the second AC voltage source and a frequency obtained by the read-out circuit.

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