Design of Thermal Conductivity Gas Sensor with Silicon Cap

  • Changchun Wang
  • , Binbin Jiao
  • , Xin Liu
  • , Chengyuan Zhao
  • , Gangqiang Wu
  • , Ruiwen Liu

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Abstract

This paper presents the design of a suspended micro hotplate-based thermal conductivity gas sensor. A rectangular silicon cap is packaged above the micro hotplate, creating a 20μm air gap. This design increases the proportion of heat dissipation through gaseous thermal conduction in the total heat dissipation of the chip, significantly improving the sensitivity of gas detection. By comparing the differences in total thermal conductivity between the chip with the cap and without it, it can be observed that gas conduction, directly related to gas concentration, constitutes more than 91% of the total thermal conductivity. Through evaluations conducted on a mixture of nitrogen gas with SF6 and H2, the chip with the silicon cap demonstrated effective detection of changes in SF6 at 200ppm and H2 at 50ppm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2023 IEEE 16th International Conference on Electronic Measurement and Instruments, ICEMI 2023
EditorsJuan Wu, Jiali Yin
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages204-208
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9798350327144
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event16th IEEE International Conference on Electronic Measurement and Instruments, ICEMI 2023 - Harbin, China
Duration: 9 Aug 202311 Aug 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2023 IEEE 16th International Conference on Electronic Measurement and Instruments, ICEMI 2023

Conference

Conference16th IEEE International Conference on Electronic Measurement and Instruments, ICEMI 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period9/08/2311/08/23

Keywords

  • Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS)
  • micro hotplate
  • sensitivity
  • silicon cap
  • thermal conductivity

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